Delhi Police Release the two scetches of suspected for Delhi Blast

Police release sketches of two persons suspected of having placed a suitcase containing the bomb at the High Court

A powerful bomb placed in a suitcase exploded outside the Delhi High Court this morning, killing at least 12 people and injured over 60, many of them suffering from severe burns. This is the second bomb attack on the capital of the country within four months after the explosion, which happened just meters away on the 25th May.Most victims were people who had gathered outside the gate number 4 and 5, waiting to get passes to enter the court premises when the bomb went around 10.15. Leaders cutting across party lines have condemned the incident, describing it as a tragic and unfortunate.

Supreme Court, with several benches of the Supreme Court, suspended the proceedings a few hours, but still running later in the day to send a strong message that it "was not cowed down such terrorist acts". If a party or an attorney not to appear in some of the issues that came up in court today passed on these questions without orders.Denouncing blast as "a cowardly terrorist nature", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked all political parties to combine and crush scourge. Dr. Singh, who is in Dhaka two-day visit to Bangladesh, said: "I heard the sad news in Delhi about the bomb explosion I have heard that 10 people have been killed, this is a cowardly act of a terrorist nature, we have to do with what we do not give in to pressure from terrorists ....."

In a statement to the Lok Sabha is an explosion, the home minister P Chidambaram regretted the "tragic incident" took place in spite of the Delhi Police stand-off high alert, and to strengthen existing capacity in recent years. Inform members that the case is transferred to the National Investigation Service Agency (NIA), said Mr. Chidambaram government would not be intimidated by terrorist groups, and that it was "determined to track down the perpetrators of this horrific crime and bring them to justice. "

E-mail, a television station announced this afternoon that the explosion was the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islam (HuJI), is said to be an affiliate of Al Qaeda, claiming that the death sentence is invalid Afzal Guru, who has been convicted of attack on Indian parliament . It threatens to carry out such attacks in the Supreme Court if the demand is not met. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police this afternoon issued sketches of two persons suspected of having planted the bomb outside the Delhi High Court.

Sketches 2.1 is believed to be his 50s and one of their mid-20s, was prepared from the following description of eyewitnesses who claimed they saw someone standing on the order of a suitcase.