Bengaluru Cafe Blast: NIA Court Orders 10-Day Remand For 2 Suspects

Both the suspects Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa will undergo standard medical examinations before appearing in the local NIA court.

Source: PTI

New Delhi: The NIA on Saturday ordered ten day remand for both the suspects transported earlier today from Kolkata to Bengaluru regarding the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case. Both perpetrators, Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa underwent standard medical examinations before appearing in the local NIA court, as per Zee news TV. 

A Kolkata court granted a 3-day transit remand for the two suspects in the blast case, permitting the NIA to transfer them to the capital of Karnataka. Shazib and Taahaa were apprehended by the NIA in Kolkata for their purported involvement in the March 1 explosion at Rameshwaram Cafe, resulting in injuries to 10 individuals. 

#WATCH | Bengaluru: Two prime suspects of The Rameswaram Cafe blast case taken for medical examination from the Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratories, Karnataka.

They were arrested from West Bengal yesterday and brought here on a three-day transit remand by NIA. pic.twitter.com/myWzGnAjks — ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2024

NIA officials stated that Shazib was responsible for placing the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the cafe, while Taahaa was identified as the mastermind behind the incident. Additionally, the NIA had offered a reward of Rs 10 lakh each for individuals providing information leading to the arrest of these two suspects last month. 

During the early hours of Friday, the NIA announced that its teams had successfully located the fugitive suspects near Kolkata, where they had been concealing their identities. The NIA mentioned that individuals associated with various aspects of the suspects' lives were being summoned for interrogation to collect crucial evidence and information relevant to the case. On March 29, the NIA had previously offered rewards of Rs 10 lakh each for the apprehension of these two primary absconders. 

On March 1, a cafe situated on ITPL Road, Brookefield, Bengaluru, was shaken by an IED explosion. The investigation was transferred to the NIA on March 3.