IED Recovered From Old Seemapuri Not Possible Without Local Support: Delhi Police Commissioner

New Delhi: Investigators in the Old Seemapuri Improvised Explosive Device (IED) recovery incident are probing any support extended to the suspects by local residents. A pattern and similarities between Ghazi IED recovery and Old Seemapuri are being drawn to zero in on other suspects.
On Friday, National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams also inspected the spot.

Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana told the media on Friday that there are similarities in the IED that was recovered in Ghazipur on Jan 17 and the one recovered and neutralized in Old Seemapuri on Thursday.
“As per probe, these IEDs were prepared to cause blast in public places…such activities are not possible without local support,” Asthana said.
“Special cell and investigative teams are on it; we’re probing forward and backward linkages. We’re trying to pre-empt every such incident in Delhi and expose any local/foreign network. I cannot reveal any further details which may hamper the probe,” he added.