NIA probes Darbhanga parcel blast case from different angles

PATNA: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a fresh FIR in the Darbhanga parcel blast case. Sources said the NIA submitted the FIR before its exclusive court in Patna on Monday. Besides, sources said NIA sleuths from Delhi also flew to Hyderabad in Telangana for a full-fledged investigation in the case. Four suspects, including Imran and Nazeer, have been detained and interrogated by Hyderabad police in this connection.
The explosion took place on June 17 when the parcel booked in Secunderabad was dumped on the platform number 1 of Darbhanga railway station, causing a loud bang and minor fire.It was a small glass bottle containing a complex inflammable liquid, wrapped with adhesive tape and kept in the parcel of clothes, which caused the explosion.
The consignment was booked in the name of one Mohammad Sufiyan, who was also named as the recipient.
Meanwhile, sources said the NIA and intelligence agencies are also probing the case from a different angle, that if any terror group had any plans to target the newly opened Darbhanga airport with the liquid explosive after improvising it. They are gathering information about any such incident of using liquid explosives to trigger a blast in any passenger aircraft.
“Suspicion is high that it was destined to be picked up by someone. No untoward incident happened in the train while the parcel was in transit. Explosion probably took place due to mishandling,” a source said.
Sources said the NIA court has called for all the records related to the case from the Samastipur railway court under whose jurisdiction the Darbhanga GRP falls and had lodged an FIR after the blast.