Kolkata: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday said the culprits involved in the Hyderabad blasts, which killed 16 persons and left several injured, would be booked soon."We have got some materials there (at the blast site) and tests are being done in the forensic laboratory. Soon we will get the results and the culprits will be booked soon," Shinde said. He said the government was expecting some sort of reaction from terror groups following execution of the only surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and of Afzal Guru in connection with the 2001 Parliament attack and had been issuing alerts in this regard.
"We were expecting that after the two executions, some reaction had to come," Shinde said, referring to the execution of Kasab and Afzal Guru. "We had been giving alerts throughout the country," he said.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said the govt was expecting some sort of reaction from terror groups following the executions.
Hyderabad blasts culprits will be booked soon: Sushil Kumar Shinde
Asked whether the Centre would push for setting up of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) following the Hyderabad blast, he said, "I have told the Rajya Sabha that we will pursue the NCTC. Many states are still opposing. We have to do it."
