Agencies
NEW DELHI, Sep 14: Claiming "vital" leads in the serial blasts that left 21 dead, Delhi Police have detained eight suspects amid clear indications of a similarity with the Ahmedabad blasts in July for which SIMI has been suspected.
Eight people have been detained by Delhi Police in connection with Saturday's serial blasts. They are being questioned. There have been no arrests so far.
The suspects, believed to have links with banned SIMI outfit, were being questioned by joint teams of central security agencies and police.
Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said "we have got vital leads" but declined to give details saying "we will solve the case soon".
Initial probe pointed to a group belonging to Western Uttar Pradesh behind the five coordinated blasts.
On Saturday, five bombs went off in less than half an hour. Two of them in the heart of Delhi in Connaught Place, two at the upscale Greater Kailash M Block market in south Delhi, and one, the most damaging one, in the crowded Ghaffar Market in Karol Bagh.
So far, Delhi Police have confirmed 21 deaths and said over 97 people were injured.
They said the role of Mumbai-resident Mohammed Subhan Quereshi, suspected SIMI activist, was being probed.
Police teams have been sent to neighbouring UP and Rajasthan.
Police believe that he could have hacked the WiFI system in Mumbai to send the terror email to various media houses.
Strong similarities were found between the Delhi blasts and the serial explosions in Ahmedabad on July 26 that left 53 dead.
Indian Mujahideen, a shadow amalgam of banned SIMI and Lashker-e-Toiba, claimed responsibility for the blasts through an email sent to news organisations around the same time when the explosions occurred.
Sketches of suspected bombers were being drawn by the Delhi Police with the help of five eyewitnesses including a teenage balloon seller, who claimed to have seen them placing packets in the dustbins at Central Park in Connaught Place.