Article: Bombers had synchronised digital watches.

Byline: Vijaita Singh

Sep. 25--NEW DELHI -- Mohammad Shakeel, the alleged Indian Mujahideen's ideologue after Atif Ameen alias Bashir, has told the Delhi Police he had the "discretion to choose the timing" of the explosions. "Before getting down from an autorickshaw at Gaffar Market, Shakeel took out the pencil cell from the nine-kilograms of explosives he was carrying in a pressure cooker. The bomb was timed to explode exactly half an hour later," a senior police officer said. "As per Atif's plan, Shakeel's bomb was set to explode first. It got delayed as Shakeel was waiting for enough people to gather near the autorickshaw so that it caused maximum ...

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