09-23-2008, 01:12 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Timeline </b>
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Karn Pratap Singh | New Delhi
<b>September 13 - </b>
<b>The day of the blasts</b>
<b>6.10 pm</b> High-intensity bomb filled with shrapnel exploded in auto rickshaw at Gaffar market. Police claimed that Mohammad Sakeel placed the bomb.
<b>6.34 pm</b> Bomb placed in a dustbin near the entrance gate to the Barakhamba Metro Station. According to the police, the bomb was planted there by Sajid alias Pankaj and Zeeshan.
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<b>6.35 pm </b>Bomb planted in a dustbin detonated at Central Park in front of Palika Bazar Gate number-1. The bomb was placed by Sajid, who is still at large.
<b>6.37 pm</b> Bomb placed in a dustbin exploded near Bengali Sweets in GK-1 market. Police said that bomb was planted there by Atif and Junaid.
<b>6.38 pm </b>Bomb placed on a bicycle exploded close to the Prince paan at the corner of the market. The bomb was planted by Atif and Junaid.
Three bombs were found and defused Regal and India Gate areas by the police on the instances of eyewitnesses.
<b>September 14 </b>
Police were clueless about the serial bomb blasts. However, they took an 11-year-old ragpicker who claimed to have witnessed the terrorists who planted the bomb near Barakhamba Metro Station. Delhi police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat addressed the media persons and claimed that Delhi police have valid inputs about the blast. However, he didn't disclose any thing about the investigations. Delhi police declared Rs. 50,000 reward to both the rag pickers who claimed to have witnessed the planting of bombs at Regal and Barakhamba. Both of them were made Honorary Special Police Officers (HSPO) of Delhi police.
<b>September 15 </b>
Delhi police were still clueless about the blast. Coming under severe criticism for poor investigation Delhi Police Commissioner YS Dadwal cancelled the scheduled press conference at the last moment. The press conference was called to reward ragpickers and others who helped in locating live bombs.
<b>September 16</b>
After much dilly-dallying, the Delhi police finally released five sketches of three different suspects who according to eyewitnesses had planted the bombs at different places in the Capital on September 13.
<b>September 17 </b>
Delhi police had no specific inputs about the mastermind of the blast. Delhi police had continuously been in contact with Gujarat, Jaipur, UP and Bangalore police for clues about the blast.
<b>September 18</b>
The Gujarat police flew in Abu Basher in a special flight during the wee hours on Thursday. According to the police, Basher along with Tauqeer Bilal, had come to the city before operation 'BAD', and had identified the locations for the blasts. Basher was taken to several places of South Delhi to locate the hideouts where he had stayed.
<b>September 19 - </b>
<b>The day of the encounter</b>
Special police of Delhi police under the supervision of ACP Sanjeev Yadav and Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma conducted an encounter at L-18, Batla House in Zamia Nagar. Two terrorist identified as Atif and Sajid were gunned down by the police, one terrorist identified as Saif was arrested while two others managed to escape from the premise. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma along with Head Constable Balwant Rai was injured in the encounter. Unfortunately, Mohan Chand Sharma succumbed to his injuries at Holy Family Hospital around 7 pm. Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal holds press conference to announce that one of the dead was Atif, mastermind of Delhi bombings. Delhi police later arrested Zeesan another terrorist from Jhandewalan area.
<b>September 20</b>
Delhi Police Inspector, Mohan Chand Sharma, who sacrificed his life while battling with the alleged Delhi blast terrorists at Jamia Nagar, was cremated with full State honours. At 6 pm Delhi police Special Cell Jt CP, Karnal Singh addressed the media and exposed the involvement of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) in the serial blasts across the country, including Delhi. He said that LeT was the vital link of SIMI and Indian Mujahideen and had a big role to play in blasts across India. Karnal Singh disclosed how Atif, the mastermind of Delhi, UP, Ahmedabad and Jaipur blasts, organised the group of his 12 other associates to commit terror.
<b>September 21 </b>
Delhi police arrested three more terrorists named Zia-ur-Rehman, Mohammed Shakeel and Saqib Nisar and interrogated them. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of south Delhi HGS Dhaliwal, the three suspects were arrested at midnight in south Delhi. Police said that the trio confessed to its involvement in the serial blasts. The police also claimed that the terror module was planning to explode at least 20 bombs in several places in the national Capital, including Nehru Place. The investigation also revealed that the Indian Mujahideen and the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) module, which carried out the blasts in Delhi, were responsible for explosions in Sankat Mochan Mandir (Varanasi) and Gorakhpur.
<b>September 22</b>
Abu Basher was sent back to Gujarat after interrogation conducted by Delhi police. Saif, who was arrested from L-18 flat on the day of encounter, was sent to Karnataka. Delhi Police and IB teams pick up a youth from Karnataka for interrogation.
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pioneer.com
Karn Pratap Singh | New Delhi
<b>September 13 - </b>
<b>The day of the blasts</b>
<b>6.10 pm</b> High-intensity bomb filled with shrapnel exploded in auto rickshaw at Gaffar market. Police claimed that Mohammad Sakeel placed the bomb.
<b>6.34 pm</b> Bomb placed in a dustbin near the entrance gate to the Barakhamba Metro Station. According to the police, the bomb was planted there by Sajid alias Pankaj and Zeeshan.
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<b>6.35 pm </b>Bomb planted in a dustbin detonated at Central Park in front of Palika Bazar Gate number-1. The bomb was placed by Sajid, who is still at large.
<b>6.37 pm</b> Bomb placed in a dustbin exploded near Bengali Sweets in GK-1 market. Police said that bomb was planted there by Atif and Junaid.
<b>6.38 pm </b>Bomb placed on a bicycle exploded close to the Prince paan at the corner of the market. The bomb was planted by Atif and Junaid.
Three bombs were found and defused Regal and India Gate areas by the police on the instances of eyewitnesses.
<b>September 14 </b>
Police were clueless about the serial bomb blasts. However, they took an 11-year-old ragpicker who claimed to have witnessed the terrorists who planted the bomb near Barakhamba Metro Station. Delhi police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat addressed the media persons and claimed that Delhi police have valid inputs about the blast. However, he didn't disclose any thing about the investigations. Delhi police declared Rs. 50,000 reward to both the rag pickers who claimed to have witnessed the planting of bombs at Regal and Barakhamba. Both of them were made Honorary Special Police Officers (HSPO) of Delhi police.
<b>September 15 </b>
Delhi police were still clueless about the blast. Coming under severe criticism for poor investigation Delhi Police Commissioner YS Dadwal cancelled the scheduled press conference at the last moment. The press conference was called to reward ragpickers and others who helped in locating live bombs.
<b>September 16</b>
After much dilly-dallying, the Delhi police finally released five sketches of three different suspects who according to eyewitnesses had planted the bombs at different places in the Capital on September 13.
<b>September 17 </b>
Delhi police had no specific inputs about the mastermind of the blast. Delhi police had continuously been in contact with Gujarat, Jaipur, UP and Bangalore police for clues about the blast.
<b>September 18</b>
The Gujarat police flew in Abu Basher in a special flight during the wee hours on Thursday. According to the police, Basher along with Tauqeer Bilal, had come to the city before operation 'BAD', and had identified the locations for the blasts. Basher was taken to several places of South Delhi to locate the hideouts where he had stayed.
<b>September 19 - </b>
<b>The day of the encounter</b>
Special police of Delhi police under the supervision of ACP Sanjeev Yadav and Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma conducted an encounter at L-18, Batla House in Zamia Nagar. Two terrorist identified as Atif and Sajid were gunned down by the police, one terrorist identified as Saif was arrested while two others managed to escape from the premise. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma along with Head Constable Balwant Rai was injured in the encounter. Unfortunately, Mohan Chand Sharma succumbed to his injuries at Holy Family Hospital around 7 pm. Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal holds press conference to announce that one of the dead was Atif, mastermind of Delhi bombings. Delhi police later arrested Zeesan another terrorist from Jhandewalan area.
<b>September 20</b>
Delhi Police Inspector, Mohan Chand Sharma, who sacrificed his life while battling with the alleged Delhi blast terrorists at Jamia Nagar, was cremated with full State honours. At 6 pm Delhi police Special Cell Jt CP, Karnal Singh addressed the media and exposed the involvement of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) in the serial blasts across the country, including Delhi. He said that LeT was the vital link of SIMI and Indian Mujahideen and had a big role to play in blasts across India. Karnal Singh disclosed how Atif, the mastermind of Delhi, UP, Ahmedabad and Jaipur blasts, organised the group of his 12 other associates to commit terror.
<b>September 21 </b>
Delhi police arrested three more terrorists named Zia-ur-Rehman, Mohammed Shakeel and Saqib Nisar and interrogated them. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of south Delhi HGS Dhaliwal, the three suspects were arrested at midnight in south Delhi. Police said that the trio confessed to its involvement in the serial blasts. The police also claimed that the terror module was planning to explode at least 20 bombs in several places in the national Capital, including Nehru Place. The investigation also revealed that the Indian Mujahideen and the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) module, which carried out the blasts in Delhi, were responsible for explosions in Sankat Mochan Mandir (Varanasi) and Gorakhpur.
<b>September 22</b>
Abu Basher was sent back to Gujarat after interrogation conducted by Delhi police. Saif, who was arrested from L-18 flat on the day of encounter, was sent to Karnataka. Delhi Police and IB teams pick up a youth from Karnataka for interrogation.
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