Responsibility for Wednesday's car bomb attack in Lahore has been claimed by a pro-Taliban group called 'Ansar Wa Mohajir'. Pakistani authorities had arrested four alleged Indian nationals, whom they suspected to be involved in the bomb blast.

The News daily got a phone call from a man identifying himself as Toofan Wazir, the commander and spokesman of the group from somewhere in North Waziristan, to state that they were responsible for the blast in Lahore and earlier rocket attacks on Dera Ismail Khan City.

The man also threatened more attacks against the security forces and government installations to avenge the two recent US missile strikes in North Waziristan in which several militants from the Punjab region were killed.

The report informed, "It appeared obvious that he (Wazir) and his men are pro-Taliban and part of the Pakistani Taliban."

If adhered to the media reports, hours after Wednesday's car bomb attack, intelligence and security agencies in Lahore arrested an alleged Indian national, identified as either Satish Anand Shukla or Satish Anand Sharma. The reports also informed that the man worked in the Indian High Commission in London and belonged to Kolkata.