NIA: Terror suspects using carbon paper to wrap explosives

U Sudhakar Reddy 
National Investigation Agency found that the terror suspects are 
using carbon paper to wrap the explosive materials like detonators to avoid being caught 
by X-ray machine scanners at airports, temples and VIP offices.
 In the petition filed in the Mecca Masjid blast case NIA said that the accused terror 
suspects were using the technique which was earlier used by the fake currency racketeers 
as the carbon absorbs x-rays and images are blurred.
 X-ray scanners at the modern airports are upgraded even to detect them but at old 
airports, small airports, temples and government offices including Chief Minister’s 
Office are old and fail detect the material wrapped in carbon paper says officials.
NIA Special Public Prosecutor Mr.P Vishnuvardhan Reddy in the petition filed in Fourth 
Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge court in Nampally regarding the cancellation of 
bail of Macca Masjid blast suspects Devendra Gupta and Lokesh Sharma stated that the 
terror suspects used carbon paper.
One of the listed witnesses Rohit Kumar Jha revealed that he had seen 10 to 15 detonators 
and some rounds of ammunition in the room of Devendra in Rajasthan.
“He has seen some detonators wrapped up in a carbon sheet in the room of accused. When he 
enquired with Devender Gupta, why he was wrapping them in carbon papers, he replied that 
machines cannot detect detonators wrapped in carbon papers,” revealed NIA in the petition.
A senior official of Intelligence department said ,”this is old technique where carbon 
paper is used by smugglers and racketeers. Terror suspects are also doing it. All the 
X-ray scanners have to be upgraded immediately,”