The Jaipur police have registered three FIRs at three police stations, Manak Pura, Kotwali and Sanjay Circle. Local police have recorded statements of at least 70 witnesses, more than 20 people were interrogated.

There were false alarms, too. The police spent several hours on a “lead” provided by an ex-serviceman from Haryana who was on a bus to Jaipur when the blasts took place. The man claimed to have overheard three fellow-passengers, all youths, saying “we want more than four. It is not enough.”

After arriving in Jaipur, the man rushed to the police, telling them that three “suspects” with small packets had boarded a taxi. The police asked the man to accompany them to the railway station and bus stand. He was even taken to Sanganer airport this morning when three flights were scheduled to depart. Finally, the three “suspects” were tracked down to Udaipur but it was later established they had “nothing to do with the blasts”. Another man, injured in the blasts, claimed that two women had set them off. This also turned out to be a hoax.

Meanwhile, with National Security Advisor M K Narayanan upset over the lack of intelligence on the possibility of Jaipur being a terror target and the slow progress in investigations into other cases, a crack team of top officials has been set up in the Intelligence Bureau. This will monitor progress on a daily basis and report to the Director who, in turn, will keep the NSA posted.

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