One CCTV camera right across Opera House bomb gives hope of a break

A team of investigators is studying hours of footage from this and other cameras.

Investigators studying hours of CCTV footage from around the three blast sites in Mumbai are hoping that their first break could come from one of the 60 CCTV cameras in Panchratna building in Opera House. This camera is fixed right above the rear exit gate of the building and the bomb exploded diagonally opposite this gate,sources said.

A team of investigators is studying hours of footage from this and other cameras. This crucial camera above the exit gate is believed to have shot images,to the extreme left of which is the area where the blast was centred. Images from this camera are also being marked for movements of people who the officers feel are even remotely suspicious.

This camera,incidentally,was the latest to be added to the ones that monitor the highly guarded diamond trading hub. We have 60 cameras in our compound of which 59 were fixed five years ago. During the tenure of a previous commissioner,it was felt that we need to keep a watch on the exit route too. It was then that we installed this camera last year, said a Panchratna official.

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Besides Panchratna,the other two main diamond trade buildings in Opera House The Jewel and Prasad Chambers also have dozens of CCTV cameras and all of them can store at least 15 days of images,sources said. Investigators have also taken the footage from 56 cameras placed inside and outside Prasad Chambers,they added.

Although the other two blast sites of Zaveri Bazaar and Dadar Kabutarkhana also have a few CCTV cameras,the police are not too confident about their locations or the quality of images from them.

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