Nationwide alert after deadly bomb blast outside HC

New Delhi, Sep 7 (PTI) In the wake of the deadly blast
outside the Delhi High Court, the government has issued a
nationwide alert asking all states to step up vigil and take
precautionary measures.
Home Ministry officials said the nature of explosives
used in the blast was not known immediately and the post-blast
investigative teams of the NIA and NSG have picked up leads
from the spot.
All states have been asked to take precautionary measures
and step up vigil in the wake of the blast in the national
capital, the officials said.
"Rains did not have any affect on post-blast probe and
evidence has not been damaged," a Home Ministry official said.
He said the perpetrators considered the High Court as an
easy target and that is why two successive blast have occurred
here.
The last explosion, a low intensity one, occurred outside
the same court on May 25 this year.
The explosive device was suspected to have been kept in a
briefcase outside the High Court compound between Gate No. 4
and 5 and went off at around 10.15 AM when 100 to 200
litigants were waiting to get passes to enter the premises.
Some lawyers were also present at that time.
Condemning the "terrorist attack", Home Minister P
Chidambaram said the probe into the second bomb blast outside
Delhi High Court in four months has been handed over to the
National Investigative Agency (NIA).
He said the bomb was suspected to have been kept in a
briefcase. PTI ACB
MNS