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March 08, 2017•Update: March 09, 2017
By Shuriah Niazi
NEW DELHI, India
Daesh was behind Tuesday’s pipe bomb attack on a passenger train in central Madhya Pradesh state that left 10 people injured, according to the state’s chief minister Wednesday.
About proof of Daesh’s involvement in the attack, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said a suspect involved in the blast sent a photograph to someone in Syria after planting the pipe bomb.
“We have proof of involvement of IS [Daesh] in the blast. Even photographs of the bomb were sent to Syria after it was planted,” Chouhan said.
He named Ateef Muzaffar as a primary suspect in the attack.
The passenger train was going from Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh, to Ujjain, a city within the same state, when an explosion took place in one of the coaches near Jabri station.
According to local police, this is the first ever strike in India by Daesh.
Police added the bomb was hidden inside a bag. Several passengers had jumped from the moving train following the attack.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Tuesday had termed the blast as a terror attack based on preliminary investigations.
Singh also said three people had been arrested after the incident.
A large cache of ammunition and a timetable of trains was also recovered from the residence of terror suspect Saifullah, who was killed in a police encounter last night, he added.
