JOIN US- 17 people dead, 131 injured and taken to hospital
- Of the injured, 26 discharged, 82 stable, 23 serious
- Injured were quickly taken to 13 hospitals in 21 ambulances
- No intelligence inputs with central or state agencies
- But cannot call it intelligence failure
- It was a coordinated act, suspects acted clandestinely
- Blasts were not triggered remotely
- Ammonium nitrate was used with timers
- Blast at Dadar of low intensity
- Blasts at Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House of medium-to-high intensity
- Do not speculate on suspects
- Maharashtra government not to proceed with pre-suppositions
- Media also asked to not to speculate, look at one particular direction
- Teams from New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune at work
- Nature of explosive, timer mechanism, container being probed
- Angle that Indo-Pakistan talks are due will be kept in mind
- Not an attack on India's commercial capital
- India will continue to grow and prosper
- Will explore link with arrest of Indian Mujahideen operators last week
- Will also explore link with arrest of Maoists last week
- This was first major terror attack in Mumbai in 31 months
- Mumbai has been reasonably secure with capacity to deal with threats
- Mumbai police has successfully foiled a large number of terror threats.