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Wed, 02/17/2010 - 07:35
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2 detained, police say RDX, ammonium nitrate used in blast

Pune, Feb 16 (PTI) Pune police Tuesday said they have
got "vital" information on Saturday's blast from the CCTV
footages even as two persons with suspected links with Indian
Mujahideen were detained in connection with the attack.
Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh said they have got
the forensic report and it has established that RDX and
ammonium nitrate were used in the attack at the German Bakery,
a popular eatery in India's western city Pune.
"We have the CCTV footages. We have got some vital
information from it," Singh told reporters here.
"We received the forensic report last night. It has
been established that the presence of RDX, ammonium nitrate
and petroleum hydrocarbon oil in it," the Commissioner said.
The explosives were hidden inside a bag which was
lying under a table in the cafe. It exploded when a waiter
tried to open it.
Singh said 24-year-old Abhishek Saxena from Lucknow
succumbed to his injuries on Monday night, taking the toll to
10.
Police sources the two suspects were picked up from
Janwadi area in Pune and Kudalwadi in the neighbouring
industrial township of Pimpri.
One of the suspects who was nabbed from Kudalwadi area
is believed to have been associated with Indian Mujahideen
leader Riyaz Bhatkal during his stay here, they said.
However, Singh said he can "neither confirm nor deny"
on being asked whether any arrests have been made in
connection with the attack. (MORE) PTI

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