New Delhi, July 26, 2013: The NIA has zeroed in on the shop in Guwahati that sold exactly 13 'Lotus' brand clocks to a man ahead of Bodh Gaya blasts - same as the number of bombs planted in the temple complex. Each of these clocks was used as a timer in the bombs. 

Investigators have also traced the cylinders to Meerut, and believe that the "poor quality" cylinders were manufactured by an unregistered facility there. However, they were possibly bought in Bihar itself, where they are transported by the Meerut plant for sale. 

NIA investigators have confirmed from the Rajkot-based manufacturer of 'Lotus' brand clocks that it had recently sent a consignment of 300 clocks to Assam. Interestingly, a shopkeeper in Guwahati also revealed that a man had bought 13 of these clocks in a single transaction. 

Investigators are now trying to establish the identity of this buyer. 

Two monks were injured in ten blasts that took place in the morning of July 7 in Bodh Gaya. Three unexploded bombs were found. 

The temple and the Bodhi tree, under which Lord Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment, did not suffer any damage in the blasts which shook the holy town frequented by pilgrims from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan and the whole of southeast Asia.

Source: The Times of India, July 26, 2013