Maharashtra ATS, probing the 13/7 serial blasts, believes that at least six newly-recruited terrorists could have been involved in placing the explosives at three sites and also suspect that they might have links with Gujarat and West Bengal.
"During our meetings with the various security agencies including NIA, there was an unanimous opinion that there could be at least six accused who must have been involved in the operation of placing the explosives at the [three] sites," said an ATS official.
They all must have been newly recruited in the terror outfit responsible for the blasts, the official said adding they might have gone to the sites in pairs.
"We have a reason to believe that the terrorists could have strong links with Gujarat and Kolkata," the officer said refusing to divulge further details.
The perpetrators of the blasts had kept explosives in a tiffin box at Zaveri Bazaar while the nature of metallic containers in which the bombs were kept at Dadar and Opera house is not yet clear, the official added.
The state ATS, Mumbai Crime Branch and National Investigating Agency today held a meeting that went on for hours in which the progress of the case was reviewed and investigation angles were discussed, the sources added.
