High Court blast: NIA announces Rs 5 lakh reward

New Delhi, Sept 8 (PTI) The NIA on Thursday announced a
reward of Rs five lakh for anyone providing clues about the
Delhi High Court blast even as investigators were quizzing a
Patna-based man in the case.
"NIA has announced a reward of Rs five lakh for anyone
giving any information to follow up the case. As far as
investigation is concerned, that is going on. Delhi Police and
NIA are coordinating (with each other)," Union Home Secretary
R K Singh told reporters here.
A man from Patna, who was arrested on charges of using a
stolen ATM card, is already being interrogated by the joint
team led by NIA for obtaining leads in the probe.
Singh said that a car which had been under scanner for
suspicion of having ferried the perpetrators of the blast is
"not connected" to the case.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police and National
Investigation Agency (NIA) teams met Delhi High Court Chief
Justice Dipak Misra and discussed with him measures to beef up
security in and around court premises and installation of CCTV
cameras, metal-detectors and other security gadgets.
Official sources said the government has also decided to
hand over to NIA the case relating to the May 25 low-intensity
blast outside the Delhi High Court.
Earlier, Home Minister P Chidambaram held a high-level
meeting to take stock of the situation in the wake of the
blast even as investigators got preliminary forensic reports
with regard to the explosion.
National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon and
other senior officials in the security establishment attended
the meeting.