Spl Squads formed to probe blast; no alert recd, says govt

: Four special squads were formed to probe the Bangalore terror attack that left 16 people injured, with no leads yet on involvement of any group, even as government maintained there was no alert about the blast.
A National Investigative Agency team, National Security Guards bomb disposal squads and officers from Central Forensic Science Laboratory, besides the state FSL, are analysing materials found at the place of the blast near the BJP office in a residential locality here yesterday.
Director General of Police Lalrokhuma Pachau said four special squads under the supervision of Joint Commissioner Crime Pranab Mohanty and city Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar had been formed. "Hectic investigation is going on."

The state police announced Rs five lakh as reward to anyone who would provide "credible and reliable" information resulting in the arrest of the accused.
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar,who held a review meeting with Home Minister R Ashoka, the state DGP, city police chief and other senior officials said there was no specific information or alert "from anybody" about the blast.
All CCTV images in and around the blast site are being examined, Pachau said.

The city police chief said investigation by technical experts and the laboratory analysis report "prima facie suggests the material used is ammonium nitrate."
On possible role of terror outfits like Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba, he said "it is very difficult to say at this point whether any particular organisation was involved."

On whether there was any intelligence alert, Auradkar said "it was only a general alert and we had conveyed it to our officers.