NIA conducts multi-state raids including Anantapur in Bengaluru's Ramshwaram Cafe blast case
On Tuesday, searches were conducted in Rayadurgam area in Anantapur
By Newsmeter Network Published on 21 May 2024 7:11 AM GMT
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out multi-state raids including Andhra Pradesh in connection with its probe in Bengaluru's Ramshwaram Cafe blast case, officials said. On Tuesday, searches were conducted in Atmakur street of Rayadurgam in Anantapur.
Several customers and hotel staff members were injured, some of them grievously, in the blast that caused extensive damage to the cafe in the IT city on March 1.
"Multi-states raids were underway in different locations," a senior NIA official said, without sharing further details.
NIA questioned a retired head master Abdul and Sohail in connection with the huge deposits in his bank accounts. Sohail was working as a software engineer in Bengaluru.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday is also carrying out searches at 10 more locations across different states regarding a case of Rameswaram cafe blast terror conspiracy which was registered in Bengaluru this year
The probe agency, that took over the case on March 3, had on April 12 arrested two key accused, including the mastermind Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa, in the matter.
Taahaa and the other accused, Mussavir Hussain Shazib, who had allegedly placed the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the cafe, were arrested from a lodge near Kolkata, where they were staying under the assumed identities.
