Were the bombs timed to explode in Andhra Pradesh?

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Were the bombs timed to explode in Andhra Pradesh?

- Did those who planted the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on Bangalore-Guwahati Express train aim at carrying out the explosions in Andhra Pradesh where BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was to address a series of election meetings?

- The A.P. State Police are disinclined to believe so, though they do not rule out any such possibility.

- The train was supposed to reach Chennai at 5.40 a.m. and was Delayed by 90, the train would have reached closer to Gudur and not beyond going by the average speed of 55-60 kilometres per hour, said investigators.

- Interestingly, Mr. Modi was addressing the first meeting at Madanapalle of Chittoor followed by Nellore, Guntur, Bhimavaram and Visakhapatnam.

- “Detonating the IEDs would have killed the passengers on board the train even if it had entered A.P. So the theory of the attackers specifically targeting A.P. doesn’t hold water,” opined intelligence officials.

- They maintained that while Mr. Modi did face the threat to his life and central intelligence agencies have been sending alerts from time to time, most were general in nature with no specific alert was sounded so far with regard to his A.P. tour.