Though the Delhi Police have not been able to put together a tangible file on Saturday’s serial Blasts in the Capital, investigators in other cities have come up with four names — Raqeeb, Mujib, Mohammad Afridi and Shah Alam — who they think might have had a hand. All four are from western Uttar Pradesh.

Three names are also floating in Delhi: Abu Zar, Danish and Aftab. Several police teams have raided various places in the Capital, Muzaffarnagar, Baraut, Baghpat, Azamgarh, Faridabad and Ghaziabad to look for these men. It is learnt 13 people are in detention all over, being quizzed about Abu Zar, suspected Delhi blast mastermind Subhan and one Qayamuddin, who has recently emerged as a possible suspect in the Ahmedabad blasts.

However, Joint Commissioner (Special Cell) Karnal Singh refused to comment. “Investigations are on,” he said.

Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal was positively gruff. “This is not a Cricket match that I have to keep up a commentary,” he told Newsline.

On Saturday, right after the blasts, Dadwal had said the police were “close to cracking the case since officers had vital clues”.

Karnal Singh said the police were looking at any clue that might lead to the Indian Mujahideen since this group had signed on the mails sent after the Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Delhi blasts. The content of all mails was similar.

A senior police officer said: “Abu Bashar, arrested by the Gujarat Police, was in Delhi before his arrest. So were Subhan and Qayamuddin. We suspect nearly 10 people planted bombs in Delhi.”

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