Though Nitrous oxide is referred to as the laughing gas, Ammonium nitrate is the raw material. Now, this is the cause for a number of terrorist activities in the past few months.
Friday's multiple blasts in Uttar Pradesh, when investigated about were done using large amounts of the explosive. How are vast quantities of the explosives finding their way into the State? Do the multiple blasts foreshadow the looming threat of more strikes in the State?
These are the few major questions worrying detectives investigating the multiple blasts in Uttar Pradesh.
Though 15 persons, mostly lawyers, were killed, causing mass casualties does not appear to have been the objective. The purpose seems to have been to intimidate and demonstrate the reach and capability of the perpetrators. The explosions were synchronised to take place after the Friday prayers. It seems that the Jihadi terrorist organisations prefer to organise their terrorist strikes on Fridays.
The explosions have come in the wake of the judgements delivered recently in respect of the Mumbai serial blasts of March 1993 and the Coimbatore serial blasts of February, 1998. In both the cases, a number of Jihadi terrorists have been found guilty and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The arrested terrorists were alleged to have been beaten up by some lawyers when they were brought to court. The local lawyers have also reportedly refused to defend terrorists in future.
From these circumstances, it is likely that the explosions were meant to intimidate the criminal justice community, particularly the lawyers.
But the entry of explosives is a little troubling!
In May this year, soon after the Gorakhpur blasts, police in Allahabad recovered 50 kg of ammonium nitrate and 1,000 metres of magnetic fuse wire brought in from the neighbouring State of Madhya Pradesh.
Just before this incident, railway police personnel, during a routine search, recovered about 10 kg of explosives and 20 kg of ammonium nitrate from the second-class waiting room of the Faizabad railway station.
"So clearly, huge quantities of explosives are being pumped into the state and with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India active in many districts, this could be a dangerous trend," warned intelligence sources.
Ammonium nitrate is commonly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertiliser. But, the chemical, when combined with diesel or kerosene, turns into an oxidising agent.
Friday's multiple blasts in Uttar Pradesh, when investigated about were done using large amounts of the explosive. How are vast quantities of the explosives finding their way into the State? Do the multiple blasts foreshadow the looming threat of more strikes in the State?
These are the few major questions worrying detectives investigating the multiple blasts in Uttar Pradesh.
Though 15 persons, mostly lawyers, were killed, causing mass casualties does not appear to have been the objective. The purpose seems to have been to intimidate and demonstrate the reach and capability of the perpetrators. The explosions were synchronised to take place after the Friday prayers. It seems that the Jihadi terrorist organisations prefer to organise their terrorist strikes on Fridays.
The explosions have come in the wake of the judgements delivered recently in respect of the Mumbai serial blasts of March 1993 and the Coimbatore serial blasts of February, 1998. In both the cases, a number of Jihadi terrorists have been found guilty and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The arrested terrorists were alleged to have been beaten up by some lawyers when they were brought to court. The local lawyers have also reportedly refused to defend terrorists in future.
From these circumstances, it is likely that the explosions were meant to intimidate the criminal justice community, particularly the lawyers.
But the entry of explosives is a little troubling!
In May this year, soon after the Gorakhpur blasts, police in Allahabad recovered 50 kg of ammonium nitrate and 1,000 metres of magnetic fuse wire brought in from the neighbouring State of Madhya Pradesh.
Just before this incident, railway police personnel, during a routine search, recovered about 10 kg of explosives and 20 kg of ammonium nitrate from the second-class waiting room of the Faizabad railway station.
"So clearly, huge quantities of explosives are being pumped into the state and with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India active in many districts, this could be a dangerous trend," warned intelligence sources.
Ammonium nitrate is commonly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertiliser. But, the chemical, when combined with diesel or kerosene, turns into an oxidising agent.
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Hmm, so now the authorities should know what to swoop down on! The security in railway stations is still almost non-existent, making it easy for the terrorists and their accomplices to transport the stuff...
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