The blast at Delhi’s Rohini court docket premises passed off on December 9. File
New Delhi:
A scientist with the Defence Analysis Growth Organisation (DRDO) was behind the blast at a court docket in Delhi earlier this month, the police have stated. The scientist allegedly put in the explosive to focus on his neighbour, a lawyer he has had an previous dispute with.
Addressing the media, Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana stated the Particular Cell staff investigating the matter examined 1,000 automobiles that got here to the Rohini court docket that day and scanned footage from greater than 100 CCTV cameras.
The probe staff additionally went via the hearings held that day and those that visited the court docket.
Ammonium nitrate was used to arrange the explosive system, police stated, including that the fabric is well out there.
Police added that solely the detonator exploded and the explosive didn’t, including that it will have been a a lot bigger explosion in any other case.
The laptop computer bag by which the explosive was positioned had the emblem of a Mumbai-based agency that has a godown in Delhi, police stated, including that the agency helped them with the probe.
Bharat Bhushan Katariya, a senior scientist with the DRDO, has been arrested and bomb-making materials recovered from his residence, police stated.
In keeping with police, he entered the court docket within the guise of a lawyer and escaped after the blast.
The investigation has discovered that Katariya and his neighbour and lawyer Amit Vashisht had an previous dispute and had filed a number of circumstances in opposition to one another over a number of issues, together with water provide.
Police stated Katariya allegedly planted the explosive at court docket to kill Mr Vashisht, who was showing in court docket that day.
It’s now being investigated how the accused managed to take explosives contained in the court docket premises. Police have discovered that the accused purchased the distant used to set off the bomb and another materials from an e-commerce web site. It’s now being investigated the place he organized the explosives from.
