The Improvised Explosive Device (IED), used to trigger a low-intensity explosion in the parking lot of Faraskhana police station in Pune last week, contained ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and small ball bearings, according to forensic examination of the remnants of the explosive recovered from the blast site.
Clarifying that there was neither gelatin nor RDX is in the IED used in the July 10 Pune blast, Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Himanshu Roy said here: "The forensic analysis report that we have received states that besides small ball bearings, there was a mixture of ammonium nitrate and potassium chlorate in the IED. But there was no gelatin, RDX or Trinitrotoluene (TNT) in the explosive".
According to Roy, the perpetrators had used an analogue clock to trigger the low intensity blast, while ball bearings had been used as sharpnels. The IED did not cause much damage to humans or property, since the perpetrators had not planned the blast properly. "My sense is that had the perpetrators planned the act properly, the blast would have caused considerable damage. But, owing to their inept planning, much of the impact of the blast went to the ground. Someone must have miscalculated the way in which the explosive goes off," Roy said.
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) kept in the luggage carrier of a motorbike parked in a two-wheeler parking lot of the Pharaskhana police station went off at around at 2.05 pm on July 10, injuring five persons and damaging three vehicles. Of the three persons who sustained minor injuries, one was admitted to a local hospital.
The blast had taken place in the vicinity of famous Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple, at Budhwar Peth in downtown Pune.Preliminary investigations have revealed that the blast was a "terror act". "As of now, we are not in position to pinpoint as to which of the outfit was behind the blast. But, our investigation is going on in a certain direction," Roy said.