Bengaluru Cafe Blast Case: Several customers and hotel staff members were injured in the blast at popular Bengaluru cafe on March 1.
Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency stated on Friday morning that the two individuals who planned and carried out the explosion that shook the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru last month had been taken into custody in Kanthi, in the East Midnapore district of Bengal. The anti-terror agency stated in a statement that Mussavir Hussain Shazeb and Abdul Matheen Taha were apprehended following a coordinated operation by police from Bengal, Telangana, Kerala, and Karnataka and central intelligence agencies. They are currently en route to Kolkata.
Based on the data at hand, it appears that Shazeb planted the explosive device at the well-known restaurant, concealing it inside a backpack. Both their disappearance and the attack were masterminded by Taha.
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Shazeb and Taha, residents of the Shivamogga region of Karnataka, were tracked down to Kanthi by officials following searches in eighteen locations in the state, as well as in Tamil Nadu and even Uttar Pradesh.On March 1, a bomb at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe injured ten persons, including patrons and employees.
Luckily, no one was killed; the explosives bag was positioned against a big pillar that took the force of the explosion and in a less busy area.
Following the explosion, images and footage of the suspects captured by CCTV cameras around Bengaluru were made public by the NIA. One such video showed the accused getting on a bus while donning a face mask.
The organization had announced a reward of ₹ 10 lakh for information that resulted in each accused person’s apprehension. Additionally, the agency had questioned their friends from school and college.
Eight days after the explosion, the heavily damaged Rameshwaram Cafe reopened with upgraded security, including metal detectors.
“We have strengthened our security team and are also trying to set up a separate panel of ex-servicemen who will train security guards at all our branches,” Raghavendra Rao, the co-founder, said.
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In relation to the explosion at the cafe, the Bengaluru Police had already filed a complaint under the strict Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Explosives Substances Act.
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