Confirming that the December 28 blast bore the signature of the July 2008 serial blasts in the city, an intelligence bureau source said they are looking at the involvement of absconding terror suspects in the subversive act.
Pointing out that the improvised explosive device used in the Church Street blast was not something that could be assembled by local goons or amateur activists, the source said: "The blast does have the imprint of a professional bomb-maker. It could be fugitive terror suspects with experience in triggering off similar explosions."
The recent emergence of Karnataka as a major link in jihadi activities is weighing heavily on the minds of investigators.
"We have found that bombs used to set off serial blasts in New Delhi on September 23 last year were manufactured at Vittalamakki of Koppa taluk, Chikkamagaluru district. The suspected perpetrators Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas, and Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu were brought to Mangaluru by Delhi police to collect more information on their stay in the coastal town on April 8," the sourc e explained.
"Waqas had confessed to have stockpiled 50 digital timers for bombs in an apartment in Mangaluru, a prominent IM base used for preparation of the terror attack in Hyderabad in 2013," said the top source.
More recently, suspects who triggered the May 1 explosions on board Guwahati Express at Chennai Central railway station had set up base camps near Bengaluru. Investigations revealed the suspects had taken at least 15 days to prepare the explosives. The bombs were prepared using local material, including ammonium nitrate and detonators, the source said.
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