Amidst demand for having an NIA probe into the 2 October blast at a house in Burdwan in West Bengal, government is treading cautiously and weighing political ramifications of the move before making a suo moto decision to hand over the case to a central probe agency.
Senior officials of the Home Ministry said a report of intelligence agencies and from the state government had been received and a decision whether to hand over the case to NIA would be taken only by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is at present campaigning in Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections.
Two suspected militants Shakil Ahmed and Sovan Mandal were killed and another man Hasan Saheb was injured in the explosion on 2 October.
Grenades, chemicals used in making explosives, a book on how to trigger explosion, jihadi literature, a video on jihadi training and a map of important locations in Burdwan district were seized by the Crime Investigation Department team from the house.
A large number of watch dials, SIM cards and other tools required to make improvised explosive devices were also seized from the house.
Senior officials of the Home Ministry said a report of intelligence agencies and from the state government had been received and a decision whether to hand over the case to NIA would be taken only by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is at present campaigning in Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections.
Two suspected militants Shakil Ahmed and Sovan Mandal were killed and another man Hasan Saheb was injured in the explosion on 2 October.
Grenades, chemicals used in making explosives, a book on how to trigger explosion, jihadi literature, a video on jihadi training and a map of important locations in Burdwan district were seized by the Crime Investigation Department team from the house.
A large number of watch dials, SIM cards and other tools required to make improvised explosive devices were also seized from the house.