Explosives Used In Mumbai Blasts

The Bombay High Court has granted relief to two retired Central Excise officials, nearly 20 years after disciplinary action orders against them for allegedly allowing landing of explosives used in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in the city.

The three bombs that shook Mumbai on Wednesday were Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), prepared with a deadly mixture of ammonium nitrate, Tri-Nitrate Toluene (TNT) and fuel oil. Ball bearings were used as shrapnel and smart cellphones as timers.

Rakesh Maria, Chief of the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad, this evening confirmed that ammonium nitrate was used in the trio of blasts that struck Mumbai last evening. Home Ministry sources have described the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) as sophisticated. They were triggered via alarms set on smart-phones. In two of the blasts, two kilos ...

A hazy picture is gradually emerging of how the blasts took place - sophisticated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were used; they were triggered by alarms set on cellphones. No sim cards have been found at the locations of the blasts.  Two of the bombs used over a kilo of explosives."Preliminary investigations indicate the use of IEDs with...

Mohammed Hanif Sayyed, sentenced to death for carrying out the 2003 twin blasts in Mumbai at the instance of Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), was an auto rickshaw driver. Hanif (46) left for Saudi Arabia in 1992 as a catering assistant on a salary of 700 Riyal. He worked there till 1994 and returned to Mumbai. Thereafter, he was plying a rented auto ricksha...

The Bombay High Court has granted relief to two retired Central Excise officials, nearly 20 years after disciplinary action orders against them for allegedly allowing landing of explosives used in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in the city.

The three bombs that shook Mumbai on Wednesday were Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), prepared with a deadly mixture of ammonium nitrate, Tri-Nitrate Toluene (TNT) and fuel oil. Ball bearings were used as shrapnel and smart cellphones as timers.

Rakesh Maria, Chief of the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad, this evening confirmed that ammonium nitrate was used in the trio of blasts that struck Mumbai last evening. Home Ministry sources have described the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) as sophisticated. They were triggered via alarms set on smart-phones. In two of the blasts, two kilos ...

A hazy picture is gradually emerging of how the blasts took place - sophisticated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were used; they were triggered by alarms set on cellphones. No sim cards have been found at the locations of the blasts.  Two of the bombs used over a kilo of explosives."Preliminary investigations indicate the use of IEDs with...

Mohammed Hanif Sayyed, sentenced to death for carrying out the 2003 twin blasts in Mumbai at the instance of Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), was an auto rickshaw driver. Hanif (46) left for Saudi Arabia in 1992 as a catering assistant on a salary of 700 Riyal. He worked there till 1994 and returned to Mumbai. Thereafter, he was plying a rented auto ricksha...