02-28-2007, 04:50 PM
<b>Samjhauta blasts were unique in pattern, says probe agencies</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Investigating agencies have found a unique pattern in the execution of the February 18 Samjhauta Express blasts with the use of a combination of high and low intensity explosives.
Sources said that the<b> high intensity explosive like the RDX was used in a very small quantity since the idea was not to blow up the railway wagons but cause a devastating fire. </b>
"It was an incendiary device which was used in the blasts. The low intensity explosives were ideal for making devices which cause fire. A small quantity of high intensity explosive was mixed to give propulsion to the fire so that maximum damage can be inflicted. The blast mechanism was devised to suit the conditions in a moving train," said Additional Director-General of Haryana Police, Vikas Narain Rai who is overseeing the SIT probe.
Sources said that had the perpetrators used only a high intensity explosive like the RDX or the TNT it would have probably blown off a part of the wagon like the roof. "The damage then would have been caused in a limited area. In fact, many lives could have been saved in that event," they said.
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Sources said that the<b> high intensity explosive like the RDX was used in a very small quantity since the idea was not to blow up the railway wagons but cause a devastating fire. </b>
"It was an incendiary device which was used in the blasts. The low intensity explosives were ideal for making devices which cause fire. A small quantity of high intensity explosive was mixed to give propulsion to the fire so that maximum damage can be inflicted. The blast mechanism was devised to suit the conditions in a moving train," said Additional Director-General of Haryana Police, Vikas Narain Rai who is overseeing the SIT probe.
Sources said that had the perpetrators used only a high intensity explosive like the RDX or the TNT it would have probably blown off a part of the wagon like the roof. "The damage then would have been caused in a limited area. In fact, many lives could have been saved in that event," they said.
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