Crucial breakthrough in Bengaluru blast case: NIA detains two key suspects

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, April 12, 2024: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained Mussavir Hussain Shazib, the key accused who carried out the blast at Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru on March 1, along with co-conspirator Abdul Matheen Taahaa.

 

An NIA spokesperson had said that the suspects were arrested following raids across 18 locations in three states including 12 in Karnataka, five in Tamil Nadu and one in Uttar Pradesh.

The probe agency had also arrested one Muzammil Shareef, who had extended “logistic support” to the man who carried out the blast.

NIA sources said that all three — Shareef, Hussain and Taha — are associated with ISIS modules. Some reports stated that the men were involved in the Shivamogga graffiti case as well as the Mangaluru cooker blast case reported in November last year.