Delhi car blast: No entry for NSG study team

NEW DELHI: The National Security Guard's post-blast study team was not allowed to gather vital data of the terror-struck and burnt Israeli embassy SUV. NSG's National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) is the central nodal agency for monitoring, recording and analysing all bombing incidents in the country and acts as the vital repository of all domain knowledge in this regard.

"Let me clarify, we were not involved in the analysis of this particular incident (sticking of magnetic bomb in an Israeli embassy vehicle). Having said that, I can only make an educated guess like you that it is an explosive device," NSG DG RK Medhekar told reporters on the sidelines of a conference when asked about the analysis of his blast study team in the February 13 terror incident.

The NSG chief, however, did not elaborate on the reasons for not allowing a spot visit. Officials in the organisation said they sent a small team to the Tughlaq Road police station to get post-blast samples from the Innova car which was parked there.

"Probably it was thought that the Delhi Police and CBI forensic teams which went to the spot were enough for the job. The car was also washed off by fire brigade water tenders but still few samples can be gathered," agency reports quoting an officer said.

NBDC charter mandates NSG send its post-blast study teams to all places where a blast has occurred in the country.