India inquiry into 'militant' bombing
Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed 16 people outside a cinema and a bus station in the southern city of Hyderabad.
The group, the Indian Mujahideen, is thought to have links with militants in neighbouring Pakistan.
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Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad burn an effigy of the terrorist group Indian Mujahideen and Pakistan's intelligence service ISI at the site of one of the two bombs in Hyderabad Picture: Mahesh Kumar A.
India's recent execution of an Islamic militant is being examined as a possible motive for the bombings, said a police official.
According to a New Delhi police report, two suspected Indian Mujahideen militants who were arrested last year said during questioning that they had done reconnaissance of Dilsukh Nagar, the Hyderabad district where the blasts occurred. They had also visited various spots in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
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Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde told India's Parliament that in response to the "cowardly terror attack," the government will "make all efforts to apprehend the perpetrators and masterminds behind the blast and ensure that they are punished as per the law".
Earlier yesterday, as he toured the site of the bombings, Mr Shinde said there had been a general alert about the possibility of an attack somewhere in India for the past three days. "But there was no specific intelligence about a particular place," he said.
The bombs were attached to two bicycles in Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar district. He said in addition to the 16 dead, 117 others were injured.
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