BOMBAY: Although some progress has been made in the investigations into the Bombay bomb blasts, the city police and other investigating agencies are yet to achieve a breakthrough, a Senior police official said.
The police have been following various leads but the inter rogation of two suspects, one a Sri Lankan national with a fake Turkish passport, yielded very little information and Police Commissioner A.S.Samra was fairly certain that they were not involved in the bombings.
There has been much speculation in a section of the Press over the arrest of Sri Lankan national Gemini Nelson who had checked into the Oberol Hotel earlier this month.
Nelson had been arrested on March 5 for attempting to cash fake American Express checks at the hotel and was released on bail the following day.
The court asked him to make himself available for police investigations and Nelson remained put at the Oberoi from where he was later picked up on Saturday night. “The very fact that he did not even attempt to flee the city makes it clear that he was not involved in the (bombing) operations,” a senior police official said.
The police are also trying to locate the owner of the Maruti car with seven AK56 rifles which were found abandoned at World, The owner of the car is a chartered accountant of Iranian origin. He and his family are currently in Dubai.
The police, however, warned that too much should not be read into this since the car could have been stolen by the bombers and used to carry weapons. They added that they are trying to get in touch with the chartered accountant and his family.
A police official pointed out that though the discovery of the unexploded bomb in a scooter on Sunday morning was a very significant clue, it was too early to claim a breakthrough.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 19, 1993
