Indian police have arrested five people and questioned many more in their probe of twin car bombings in Bombay that killed 52 and injured more than 150. Kripashankar Singh, home minister of Maharashtra province of which Bombay is the capital, said: "Five people whom we believe are involved in the bomb attacks have been arrested from various parts of the state and even outside Maharashtra." He said police were trying to identify the mastermind behind the August 25 blasts, which went off within minutes of each other in a crowded market and near a landmark monument. "The police have picked up vital clues that led to these people and gave an indication as to who could be the brain behind the attacks," Singh told AFP. "Apart from the five, many more have been detained for questioning."
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"The police are working on all the investigation angles and at this stage it would not be right to speak much on it," he said. Police earlier said the attack could have been carried out by Indian Islamic extremists with the help of Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Mohammad, militant groups founded in Pakistan but banned there after being held responsible for the December 2001 raid on India's parliament. |