A small mission of visa officials was sent from Delhi to set up a camp in Lahore to facilitate relatives of the victims to travel to Panipat and Delhi. The government also handed over a list of Pakistan passport holders to the Pakistan High Commission and later gave the list of 10 Pakistanis admitted to Safdarjung Hospital.

The four-member Pakistan High Commission team that went to the spot concluded that the low-intensity explosive was, in all likelihood, placed in the train at Old Delhi Railway Station. The team also noted the accounts by some passengers that the train had apparently made an unscheduled halt near Diwana Station (8 km from Panipat) where a couple of people got off.

While this is now part of the investigation, the Pakistani officials were satisfied with the efforts made by the local administration.

With Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri coming here on Tuesday, sources said, the meetings will now be overshadowed by this incident as both sides hope to show cooperation on terrorism by taking “joint action” in the coming days. Already, the newly constituted joint anti-terror mechanism is going to meet on March 6. Further initiatives in providing humanitarian help will be discussed at the meetings.

Kasuri will hold talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and will also meet the Prime Minister during his trip that was initially focused on a meeting of the joint commission to take forward people-to-people contacts.