CCTV of hotel 'O' captured visuals of Pune blast

The Maharashtra police today said it has obtained the CCTV footage of the frontal area of the German bakery at the time of the blast, which killed nine persons, including two foreign nationals, and injured 60.

Close Circuit Television (CCTV) of a five star hotel 'O' had captured frontal open area visuals of German bakery during the blast and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has taken the possession of the footage, said Inspector General (Law & Order) Rashmi Shukla.

"The bakery has no CCTVs. The hotel, which has CCTVs, is located opposite the bakery. The ATS is now analysing the footage," she said but refused to reveal the length and contents of the footage.

Under the supervision of state police chief AN Roy and state terrorism squad chief K P Raghuvanshi, four separate ATS teams headed by DIG (ATS) Ravindra Kadam have been formed to speed up the probe.

"These teams have been formed to look into different aspects of the investigation," she said. Asked if any team had gone out of Maharashtra as part of its probe, Shukla refused to comment but the sources said one team has left for other states. She said all the deceased have been identified.

They are Sayyed Abdul Gani(26) from Iran, Nadia Macerina(37) from Italy, Ankik Dhar(24), Anandi Dhar(19) and Shilpa Goenka(23) of Kolkata, T Sundari(22) of Bangalore, Bineeta Gadani of Mumbai, Shankar Pansare (40) and Gokul N of Pune.

Among the 60 injured, 12 are foreigners --- five from Iran, two from Nepal, one each from Taiwan, Germany and Yemen and two from Sudan. Twenty have been discharged while the rest are undergoing treatment at different hospitals in Pune including Jehangir, Ruby and Sasson.

Forensic report to establish the nature of explosives used in the blast was awaited, Shukla said. Policemen have been asked to remain alert and security at vital installations, religious places, commercial and industrial establishments has been beefed up. The establishments belonging to US and Israel have been given added protection.

To a query, Shukla denied that there were leads to indicate that the blast was targeted at foreigners. She said the accused in the blast case were booked under relevant sections of the IPC, Indian Explosive Act, Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in Bund garden police station in Pune.