Rajkot time-bomb case: gelatin sale/purchase, call details under scanner

Rajkot: crack the mystery of the ‘time-bomb’ found in a residential area in the city yesterday by tracking details of sale and purchase of Gelatin (explosive used to make the timer fitted IED) in the recent past and and call details of certain people.

The timer fitted bomb kept in a box was found yesterday morning near the house of one Jignesh Bakrania in Ambedkarnagar area under Malviyanagar police station of the city.

The sensational recovery of the time bomb which would have exploded in around an hour if not diffused and could have done considerable damage in the periphery of around 15 meters, had prompted the local police to seek assistance from the Anti Terrorist Squad also.

PI of Malviyanagar R R Solanki said that the call details and activities of some persons who were not at good-terms with Jignesh, the house-owner was being investigated. Also to zero-in on the culprits, details of sale and purchase of Gelatin in the recent past is also being tracked.

Meanwhile, another police official associated with the investigation of the matter said that looking at the construction of IED, it is highly unlikely to be an act of terrorists. ‘It is most likely a case of personal animosity. It seems that someone had put the moderate intensity bomb with two gelatin rods fitted in it with an intention to damage the house close to which it was kept.

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