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The investigation into the storming of the Parliament complex on December 13 has thrown up some starling facts, which besides being damaging to Pakistan, establish a clear link with the 1993 Mumbai blasts, sources told rediff.com.
The hand-grenades used by terrorists in the Parliament attack and some of those seized in Mumbai in 1993, before they could be planted, seem to have a common origin - an ordnance factory in Wah cantonment, near Atok, about 40 kilometres from Rawalpindi in Pakistan, investigators told rediff.com
The fresh evidence yet again points to the involvement of Pakistan and its agencies, especially the Inter Service Intelligence, in the attack on Parliament, they said.
An analysis of the residue collected after the attack on the Parliament complex indicated that Arges HG 72 hand grenades had been used by the terrorists.
The inscription on the explosives said '046/84', indicating that they were from a lot of 4,60,000 pieces manufactured in 1984, investigators claimed.
The fuses of the grenades had the inscription 'U/P', which stands for Ulbrichts/Pakistan, they said.
Pakistan had purchased machines and tools to manufacture the Arges HG 72 grenades from Ulbrichts, an Austrian company, during 1969-72.
The inscription was ingrained in the mould when the machines were sold to Pakistan, they said.
Later, the Austrian company had refused to upgrade the facilities following differences with the Pakistani government. A case between the two is still pending before the Karachi high court.
Though the Austrian company, owned by Rudenscheid Assmann, stopped producing the HG 72 model, Pakistan continued to produce them for a long time.
After detailed investigations, sleuths have concluded that the grenades were manufactured at the Pakistan ordnance factory in Wah cantonment.
What is striking about the discovery is the similarities with the Mumbai blasts.
During the 1993 Mumbai blasts, police had seized some explosives before they could be planted. They were of a similar make.
Following this, investigators concluded that the grenades used in both cases - 1993 Mumbai blasts and the December 13 attack on Parliament - were manufactured in the same factory.
Even while providing details of Tiger Memon's family and that of Dawood Ibrahim to secure their extradition, India had told Pakistan about the Arges grenades.
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