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7 kg of explosives recovered in Channapatna

BANGALORE: Even as the Bangalore police have detained several persons for questioning in connection with the explosions that rocked the city on Friday, the Channapatna police have recovered 7 kg. of explosive material from a blast site.

Though the explosion took place at Channapatna in Ramanagaram district on Thursday, no alert was sounded in Ramanagaram district or other parts of the State.

Director general and Inspector general of Police R. Sri Kumar, who visited the blast sites in the city on Sunday, said that the police were examining the explosive material recovered in Channapatna.

“Many persons are being questioned and we are in the process of gathering information from them. The investigations are progressing satisfactorily,” Police Commissioner Shankar M. Bidari told presspersons here on Sunday. Mr. Bidari said samples collected at the blast sites had been sent to the Forensic Sciences Laboratory.

The police have found that the explosives used in Bangalore and Channapatna were similar.

The Bangalore police have alerted their Kerala counterparts after a reporter of a local TV channel received a call from a person speaking Hindi who warned that Kerala was the next target and bombs were likely to explode across the State after 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Sunday ordered appointment of Upendra Tripathy, Principal Secretary (Transport) as Principal Secretary (Home). Mr. Tripathy will hold concurrent charge of the Transport Department. Vatsala Watsa was the Prnicpal Secretary (Home).

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