The store is on a roundabout near the Dak Bungalow in Patna, and its owner told The Indian Express he usually sets up shop by renting an open plot. It sells cheap footwear.
Investigators in Gujarat, too, had found that the Akshardham attackers had bought supplies in north India.
After Akshardham, it took Gujarat police a year to zero in on the local contacts who had provided logistic support to the attackers.
In today’s incident, Nagpur police and ATS are clueless about those who provided local support.
“It is not possible to carry out such attacks without local support. However, we are still to identify who provided it,” said a senior ATS officer.