Click to play videoNew Delhi: It's been a week since the terror attack at Delhi High court but the investigating agencies have still not managed to find the real culprits. However, investigators have got new leads with Union Home Secretary RK Singh claiming some progress in the Delhi High Court blast investigations.
Singh said that two students have been arrested from Jammu region and are being questioned for their role in sending the e-mail from a Kishtwar cyber cafe hours after the blast on September 7 claiming responsibility on behalf of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI).
Both have been sent to 10-day police remand by a Kishtwar court and the Nation Investigation Agency (NIA) may apply for their transit remand later.
"Some people have been arrested and are being questioned. There are some leads in the case but I can't disclose this at this point of time. There is some progress," said the Union Home Secretary.
Investigators say Kishtwar may hold the key as investigators have zeroed in on the people who sent out the e-mail, but the real hand behind the conspiracy is yet to be unravelled.
NIA sources have confirmed that the planning was done in Kishtwar and that five-seven people could have been involved in carrying out the blast. Sources said the investigators believe one of the two teenaged boys detained in Kishtwar may have sent the email. It is believed to have been sent from terminal 1 of the Global Cyber Cafe at 1:15 pm. The e-mail delivery report at the cafe, however, shows the timing as 1:38 pm.
The content of that e-mail may have been handed over in a pen-drive by a person who has fled the state according to the sources and the teenager may be taken to Delhi for further questioning.
NIA sources on Wednesday said the investigations are mainly focussed on the three states Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal. They also said that the attack could have been carried out with the support of two or three groups. And the possibility of it being engineered by an Indian Mujahideen (IM) breakaway faction cannot be ruled out.
NIA sources also told CNN-IBN that the statements of the two class XI students who are being questioned in connection with the e-mail are inconsistent.
An FIR has been registered for the first time against unknown persons under the Information Technology Act and Unlawful Activities Act.
The police are on the lookout for a local who asked them to send the email. The state police are questioning two local boys but say the e-mail was sent on the directions of an unidentified man, who is absconding.
Another boy who was arrested in Kolkata for sending one of the e-mails is a 15-year-old, said sources. Though it appears to be a prank, security agencies are still checking if his account was hacked.
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