Mumbai blasts: Indian Mujahideen sleeper cells may have been activated, say intelligence sources [View All]

Source: NDTV

Mumbai: A day after the deadly Mumbai blasts that killed 17 people and injured 131, intelligence sources have said that the close circuit television (CCTV) footage from Opera House, one of the blasts site, may yield some clue.

Sources have told NDTV that on the CCTV footage, three or four people were seen talking on the phone for over an hour and a half at the same spot. These sources point to the likelihood of sleeper cells of Indian Mujahideen (IM) being activated.

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In two of the three bombs, over a kilo of explosives were used. Also, the group behind the strike is smaller than usual and did not communicate on phones or emails - a new strategy to avoid being tracked.

The use of IEDs also hints at a possible IM involvement. The IEDs are their signature explosives. But what fuels the theory is that this blast almost coincides with the fifth anniversary of the 2006 Mumbai train blasts, now linked to the terror group.


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