Wednesday, March 8 2006 16:33 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Police have drawn sketches of two militants involved in the twin blasts in Varanasi based onthe description provided by owner of a shop where they had left a pressure-cooker bomb, similar to the one used in triggering explosions at Sankatmochan temple and railway station.

Official sources said two youths had gone to a shop near at the Godowlia in Varanasi and purchased a door mat for Rs 100.

After making the payment, the two youths left a bag there. However, when the alert shopkeeper asked them to take it, they made a quick haste from the scene saying that they would be returning soon, the sources said.

Police was informed and they discovered a pressure-cooker bomb inside the bag. It was immediately defused, the sources said.

The shopkeeper later helped the police and security agencies in preparing the sketches of the two militants. He also informed the police that from their conversation, the youths appeared well educated and were not locals.