The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has found the presence of explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) in the i20 car linked to the Delhi Red Fort Metro Station blast case that claimed 13 lives, a report said.
A highly unstable chemical compound known primarily as a homemade explosive (HME) that is difficult to detect using traditional methods, TATP is referred to by the media and security agencies as the "Mother of Satan" due to its inherent instability and danger. The probe team has also learnt that TATP was mixed with ammonium nitrate in the material recovered from the Faridabad terror module, News 18 claimed on Saturday.
The investigation team now suspects the presence of the highly unstable TATP could have caused the car to explode, the report added. The substance is likely to have caused the blast at the Nowgam Police Station in Jammu and Kashmir which killed nine as well. The massive blast occurred when authorities were extracting samples from a large cache of explosives confiscated in the "white-collar terror module" case and was stored at the premises of Nowgam Police Station on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Among the deceased were State Investigation Agency Inspector Israr Ahmad Shah, Selection Grade Constables Javaid Mansoor Rather and Arshid Ahmad Shah (both Crime Branch photographers), Selection Grade Constable Aijaz Afzal Mir and Constables Mohammad Amin Mir and Showkat Ahmad Bhat (all three working with the Forensic Science Laboratory).
Faridabad terror module probe update
Meanwhile, in a parallel operation in Nuh, investigating agencies detained another man, identified as Dinesh alias Dabbu, for selling fertilisers without a licence.
It has emerged that the members of the terror module had pooled around Rs 26 lakh to buy explosive substances and spent Rs 3 lakh out of it to purchase NPK fertiliser, which is commonly used to make bombs.
It is being probed whether Dinesh sold the fertiliser to the suspects and if his activities extended beyond the illegal trade, officials said.
Separately, the officials said that Dr Shaheen Sayeed, another Al Falah University doctor arrested in connection with the terror module case, had recently applied for a passport.
