A week after terrorists Ajmal Ameer Kasab and Abu Dera Ismael Khan wreaked havoc by firing indiscriminately inside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station, a bag containing 8 kg explosives believed to be RDX was found inside the station during a check of unclaimed baggage.

“A lot of baggage and belongings of passengers that were left by them in the station were cleared and kept in a separate area. Over the week, much of it was claimed by people. Today, while sifting through the unclaimed baggage, the police found a bag containing RDX in two packets of 4 kg each. No timer was, however, recovered,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria.

The bag had been lying at the unclaimed baggage section of the Government Railway Police (GRP) station. It had a metal container, inside which there was a smaller container with black explosives and ball bearings inside.

Incidentally, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had made a visit to the CST station barely minutes after the explosives was recovered.

Additional Director General of Police (Railways) K P Raghuvanshi, who is holding additional charge of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), said the bomb was in one of the unclaimed bags lying at CST since last Wednesday. He confirmed that the Mumbai Police Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad had been called in.

Meanwhile, from Kasab’s interrogation, the police have been able to get some answers about the two explosions that had taken place inside taxis at Dockyard Road and Vile Parle. “Kasab told us that he and Khan had planted the bomb that exploded at Dockyard Road, while the one at Vile Parle was planted by the terrorists who were holed up in Nariman House. The bombs were planted below the driver’s seat and the motive was to create as much panic and devastation as possible,” informed Maria.

... contd.