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| Mystery shrouds Shalimar blast | | Police say it was shrapnel grenade | | ET REPORTER
Jammu, July 31
Even though the top of the line leaders jumped in to describe the Shalimar bus explosion as an act of frustration by terrorists, the security agencies and experts are yet to conclude on the nature of blast and the material used which took toll of six lives and injured 22 others on the Srinagar outskirts on Sunday.
Though the mystery is yet to be solved completely but after forensic and chemical investigation of the samples collected at Shalimar Blast site, the preliminary inferences suggest that the blast has been caused by a grenade which was not in vogue.
The investigations have revealed that the grenade was filled with shrapnels. Such types of grenades have been recovered from the militants of LeT, recently.
However further investigations are on, said a police spokesman.
It may be recalled that immediately after the blast top leaders had issued condemnation statements describing it as an act of terrorism.
The Union Minister for Home Affairs Shivraj Patil had strongly condemned today's blast in a bus in Srinagar in which five persons were killed. Describing the attack as an act of frustration by terrorists, he had said that the Government would continue to work for peace an normalcy in J&K.
The security agencies in Srinagar are still in a fix over the nature of substances used in the explosives. With no conclusion so far, experts from New Delhi have been rushed to the state to examine it.
Nine tourists - seven from Gujarat on Sunday in a tourist bus and two from Bihar on Tuesday were killed in explosions inside the two vehicles.
Perceived as a silent campaign by militants to target the tourism industry in the state, the security agencies were examining all possibilities including questioning of inmates of the two tourist vehicles to ascertain whether someone had hurled a grenade or an explosive material.
The state forensic laboartory gave its initial report suggesting that no explosive material had been used in Sunday's blast but it was not enough to convince the security agencies as some of the passengers received splinter injuries.
Seeing the gravity of the situation, a forensic team from the Centre has been re-questioned from New Delhi to examine the material gathered from the spot and analyse the explosives used, officials said.
Two children - Mannu and Bunty - died on Monday near Awantipora in south Kashmir , in what was perceived as a road accident initially but after the bodies were found, face of one of the child was completely blown off.
Militants are trying to target the tourism industry, the mainstay of the valley's economy, and the explosive material used this time has even left the police guessing.
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