But law-enforcement officials say he has increasingly come to be seen as a suspect in the bombing case.

"Forensics are the key to any bombing case," said a senior investigator.

The authorities said they were searching the farm for evidence in the bombing case.

The warrants here represent a new avenue closer to where the bombing case was first thought to revolve.

Muzaffarpur played its role and was the site of the famous bombing case of 1908.

It was the first time prosecutors had linked any of the suspects in the two bombing cases to a specific foreign group.

Both killings involved figures who have surfaced in the bombing case.

In fact, the prosecutors here all but characterized the bombing case as a prelude to the murder trial.

In the bombing case, someone intentionally planned and carried out a very heinous act.

It wasn't the only disconcerting news about the bombing case.