An unknown and unheard organisation named ‘Jaish-Ul-Hind’ has claimed responsibility for the blast outside Israel embassy in New Delhi on Friday evening.
A screenshot claiming to be from messaging service Telegram has gone viral on social media in which ‘Jaish-Ul-Hind’ claims behind the blast.
Sources in investigating agencies have said that they won’t rely on this particular claim till the time they gather any evidence of ‘Jaish-Ul-Hind’ being responsible for the blast. They also suspect it might be an attempt to mislead the investigation.
In the viral screenshot, Jaish-Ul-Hind claims, “By the grace and help of Almighty Allah, soldiers of Jaish-Ul-Hind were able to infiltrate a high security area in Delhi and carry out an IED attack. This Allah willing is beginning of a series of attacks which would target major Indian cities and pay back in kind to the atrocities committed by the Indian state. Wait and we are waiting too.”
Delhi Police has meanwhile recovered remnants of a battery from the blast site, which hints at a timer device may have been used for the minor IED explosion at the high-security area in Lutyens’ Delhi.
Police recovered remains of the battery from the spot earlier Saturday morning. It is clear that a timer device was used and negates the theory that a moving bike or car may have thrown the IED, which then went off.
Sources have said high grade explosives were used in the explosion, most likely PETN, but further analysis is on. A team of National Security Guard (NSG) has been roped in to analyse the explosives.