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Mumbai: The police on Monday claimed to have successfully solved the September 8 Malegaon serial blasts case and said two Pakistani nationals were involved in the explosions carried out allegedly by the banned Students Islamic Movement of India.

"We have successfully detected the Malegaon blasts case. We are, however, on the lookout for eight more suspects in the case," Director General of Police P S Pasricha told reporters in Mumbai.

The Anti-Terrorism Squad probing into the case has already arrested eight suspects, including two booked in the July 11 Mumbai serial blasts, in connection of four explosions that rocked the town killing 31 people and injuring more than 200.

Pasricha said that one of the prime conspirators of the blasts, Shabbir Batterwalla, had received training at a camp near Karachi in Pakistan in 2003 but did not confirm if the Lashkar-e-Toiba was behind it.

To a specific query regarding the involvement of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI, Pasricha said, "I have spoken about the country where he received the training. There may have been some help."

According to him, a Pakistani national by the name of Muzammil had assembled the IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) at Malegaon in the third week of July after Mohammed Ali (July 11 accused), along with Junaid and two others delivered the RDX to prime accused Shabbir Batterywalla.

"Ali had sent 15 kg of RDX but only two kg was used to trigger the explosions. We are on the lookout for the remaining quantity," Pasricha said.