BLAST-LD CHIDAMBARAM

On links of Headley's recce and Saturday's blast,
Chidambaram said it will be "premature" to draw any
conclusion.


"David Headley had surveyed the Chabad House, that is a
fact. At the moment, it is a stand-alone fact. Whether this
particular incident is related to that, it is premature to
answer that. We have to wait for the investigation to find out
who perhaps is behind this incident."
To a question whether the blast would affect the proposed
Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, the
Minister said, "I have not come here to answer questions on
the diplomatic or external affairs side. Those are matters we
will consider in Delhi...That we will discuss when I get back
to Delhi."
Asked if the state government did not take intelligence
inputs seriously, he said, "No, it is not correct. The state
government had taken the advice seriously and the police put
in place security measures in the hard targets... What has
happened is an insidious planting of a bomb."
Chidambaram said a team from the newly constituted
National Investitation Agency team would assist Maharashtra
ATS in the probe.
He appealed to the media to refrain from putting out
speculative stories that could hamper the investigation
process.
Out of 57 injured, 19 had been discharged and 38 were
under treatment, he said, noting that one injured person was
in a critical condition. PTI ACB
MRD


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