During raids at the rented house of Jameesha Mubin, the suspected mastermind of a terror plot who died in a car blast in front of a temple in Coimbatore, investigators seized sensitive materials which included compounds used in explosives.
- Such explosives are not easily available in the market.
- Two of the compounds — pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and nitroglycerin — which the NIA mentioned in its FIR in the case, were “sensitive materials” that were not easy to procure.
- PETN could only be procured from a manufacturer of high explosives, and it was not easy to be sourced in normal cases. The compound itself was an explosive material and very sensitive.
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN)
- Among other applications, PETN is a compound used for making detonators.
Nitroglycerin
- Nitroglycerin is a raw material used for blasting gelatin, a powerful explosive.
- Nitroglycerin is also manufactured in pharmaceutical grade.
