Statutory inquiry into Samjhauta Express blasts on Feb 23-24

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 21:38 [IST]

New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) Commissioner of Railway Safety of Northern Circle Bhupinder Singh will hold a statutory inquiry into the bomb blast in Samjhauta Express that killed 67 people and injured 13.

The inquiry will be held on February 23-24 at Officers Rest House at Panipat, a Railway statement said tonight.

Terrorists had detonated powerful IEDs on board the Delhi-Attari Samjhauta Express near Diwana in Haryana well past midnight.

UNI

Topics: TERRORISM-SAMJHAUTA-INQUIRY

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