NBDC report rules out gas leak says high explosive caused Shimla eatery blast
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The report of the National Bomb Data Centre, under the National Security Guard, differs from that of the State Forensic Science Laboratory, Junga, and the police investigation according to which a gas leak had caused the blast.
Shimla Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi said people in the vicinity of the eatery had complained of a gas leak before the blast.
The blast occurred on Tuesday evening at Himachali Rasoi restaurant, known for serving Himachali cuisines, located in Middle Bazaar adjacent to the fire brigade office in the heart of the city.
Pakistan's ISI and the proscribed terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba provided hand grenades to their sympathisers and planned with them to carry out.