The NIA has been probing the serial blasts from three angles and, as on date, all the three angles viz international infiltration, Naxalite involvement and local communal issues figure on the NIA radar and despite the somewhat belated denial by the Maoists, the investigating agency is not inclined to give the Maoists a clean chit at this stage.
What has added to the NIA hope is the statement of IM activists in New Delhi about a year back revealing their plans to target places of worship in Bodh Gaya and Gaya. The agency, according to sources, may have to resort to course correction if Bhatkal provides credible leads.
The terror suspect's sketch loaded by the agency on its website does clearly have Mongoloid features hinting at the involvement of Muslim radicals from Myanmar.
In case proof of Bhatkal's involvement surfaces during investigation, the sketch would become virtually redundant as Bhatkal is known to operate through the Darbhanga module of IM.
Besides posting two different sketches of the same suspect including one in formal Buddhist robes having Mongoloid features, the probe so far has found that the timers used in the serial blasts were manufactured in Rajkot and sold in Guwahati. Guwahati suits the Mongoloid suspects more than the Bhatkal module. To make things more confusing, the features of the IEDs used in the serial blasts closely resemble the Maoist mechanism as the use of gas cylinders and potassium nitrate comes easily to Maoists, say sources. Moreover, the benefit theory of crime detection tilts the needle of suspicion towards the Naxalites who have emerged as beneficiaries.
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