Monday, September 11 2006 10:48 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Malegaon: Working on some 'concrete clues', police yesterday (Sept 10, 2006) released sketches of two suspects in the bomb attacks here and said high intensity explosives, possibly RDX, were used in the blasts.

Police zeroed in on two shops where the attackers allegedly bought bicycles that were used to plant the bombs at the Bada Kabrastan (cemetery) and Mushaira Chowk that killed 31 people and injured nearly 300 on Friday.

Information provided by the shop-owners and other witnesses was used to prepare drawings of the men who bought the bicycles, said Inspector General of Police (Nashik range) P K Jain, who released the sketches here.

"There is no clarity on the kind of explosives used in Friday's blasts and we are still awaiting the forensic report, but from the injuries sustained, where splinters have entered the bodies of the victims, we can deduce that high intensity explosives were used," Jain told reporters.

A highly placed police official in Mumbai said the explosive devices in Malegaon possibly contained RDX and were "identical" to bombs used in the blasts on trains in the metropolis on July 11.

"The devices used in the two attacks are quite identical, and in the Malegaon blasts, the use of RDX is becoming evident," the police official supervising the probe told sources.

Jain said police were also working on 'two to three concrete clues' they had uncovered, without giving details.