The needle of suspicion pointed towards Ali and Thakur when they initially refused to identify the “navy blue cloth” used for the suitcase covers that was found from one of the suitcases which was defused. SIT officials said the same kind of cloth was later recovered from their shop. “Ali and Thakur said they did not remember to whom they sold the suitcases. But that seems unlikely given the fact they even got the covers stitched for the suitcases and also provided the cloth. We have got some leads from them now,” Arora said.