Cops search for clues in Bangalore blasts

BLAME GAME: Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa dubbed the blasts as a conspiracy to defame his government.

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Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa says he expects some important leads by Saturday evening in the serial bomb blasts that rocked Bangalore on Friday afternoon.

"When the session is on, I don't want to comment on it. The investigation is on and let's see what the report will be," Yeddyurappa said.

Yeddyurappa also dubbed the blasts as a conspiracy to defame his government.

Meanwhile, a crude bomb was defused at Bangalore's Forum Mall Koramangala area on Saturday morning.

The government has already announced a Rs 1 lakh reward for information on the identity of the people behind the blasts.

Nine bombs exploded on Friday afternoon killing two people and injuring six others. The intelligence agencies suspect the hand of local militants behind the low-intensity blasts.

Investigations into the blasts are going on with security agencies searching for clues. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombings so far.

"We are investigating all angles and who could have been involved in the blast. We do not want to comment so early. I will have another briefing with police officers at 1430 hrs IST an then I'll be able to give some information," said Karnataka Home Minister VS Acharya.

Police claim to have recovered gelatin sticks, mainly used in quarry operations, from one of the blast sites.

Bangalore was rocked by a major terrorist attack in December 2005, when some unidentified extremists opened fire in the Indian Institute of Science complex killing an Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi professor MC Puri.