15 SPECIAL TEAMS FORMED TO CRACK HYDERABAD BLASTS
CASE
Fifteen special teams have been set up to crack the
Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case even as the Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday,23rd,
February,2013, announced steps to ramp up security including installation of
3,500 CCTV cameras at vital points.“We have already gathered vital clues in the
case. We are confident we will crack the case soon,” Home Minister P. Sabita
Indra Reddy said after a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister N.
Kiran Kumar Reddy at the Secretariat in Hyderabad on Saturday.She, however,
said there was no clear information as to who was responsible for the blasts
that rocked Hyderabad on Thursday night leaving 16 dead and 117 injured.The 15
teams set up to investigate the case will have 10 to 15 personnel each from
various wings, she said.
Director-General of National Investigation Agency S.C.
Sinha discussed the probe process with State police officials, she said, adding
that government was determined to take steps to ensure that such ghastly
incidents do not recur.“Since 1995, terrorists have been trying to cause havoc
in Hyderabad. In some cases they executed their plans... (but) many terror
strikes have been prevented,” the Minister pointed out.The Home Minister said
3,500 closed-circuit cameras would be installed at vital locations under
Hyderabad and Cyberabad police commissionerates to improve the vigil.Meanwhile,
Director-General of Police V. Dinesh Reddy briefed the Chief Minister about the
progress in the probe.The Chief Minister directed the medical and health department
officials to continuously monitor the treatment of blast victims.He also asked
the Health Education Minister Kondru Murali Mohan to visit the hospitals and
ensure that the managements did not harass the victims’ relatives in any
manner.The State government would foot the entire bill of the treatment, the
Chief Minister assured.
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh will visit Hyderabad on Sunday ,24th February,2013,to take
stock of the situation in the aftermath of twin bomb blasts there.Dr. Singh
will visit the hospital where the injured are being treated besides taking a
briefing from Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, sources said.Two bombs exploded
within a span of minutes in Hyderabad on Thursday evening, killing 16 people
and injuring 117.The central government on Friday came under sharp attack in
Parliament, with the Opposition saying terror was being dealt with in a casual
manner.Strongly condemning the blasts, the Prime Minister had said soon after
the incident that those responsible for the “dastardly” act would not go
unpunished.He appealed to the public to remain calm and maintain peace.Dr.
Singh has sanctioned Rs. 2 lakh each to next of kin of those killed in the
blasts and Rs. 50,000 each to those seriously injured from the PM’s Relief
Fund.Investigators on Saturday claimed to have got “vital clues” in the probe,
with the needle of suspicion zeroing in on banned militant outfit Indian
Mujahideen. Police announced Rs. 10 lakh award for information leading to the
perpetrators of the serial blasts.
Prof. John Kurakar
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