The Centre had to abort its plans to send in forensic experts and investigators from NSG and NIA to Chennai in the wake of the blasts as the state government, whose Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is strongly opposed to any interference from Central agencies on the subject of law and order, refused to take any help from the Centre, saying its police was well equipped to handle the blast probe.
The reply, which was sent in response to a request from the Home Ministry for a complete report on the incident, said the explosions took place at 07:05 AM in train number 12509 at platform number nine.
The two blasts took place in coach number S-4 and S-5 in which one woman died and 14 others were injured who were being treated at Rajiv Gandhi General Government Hospital.
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Union Home Ministry sources said the Tamil Nadu did not appear to be treating the explosion as a terror attack and were also silent about an offer for joint probe of state police and a team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
"What to do when the state government is not treating it as a terror case as of now," a senior Home Ministry official said.