The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which
arrested two key accused in the Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram
Cafe blast case from a lodge at New Digha in West Bengal’s East
Medinipur district, on Friday got three days’ transit remand after the
terror duo
were produced before a special court in the city, official sources
said on Saturday.
The anti-terror agency, which took the case of the March 1 blast in
which some ten people sustained bomb wounds, identified the duo as
Mussavir Hussain
Shazib and Adbul Matheen Taha.
Mussavir Hussain Shazib, a resident of
Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district, was the
the mastermind, who carried out the blast.
” Mussavir Hussain Shazib is the accused who placed the IED at the
café and Abdul Matheen Taha is the mastermind behind the planning,
execution of blast and subsequent evasion from the clutches of law, “
the NIA statement said.
The NIA said their month-long manhunt across
the country
ended on Friday.
Another source said the terrorists were hiding with many assumed names
and had many fake Aadhaar cards and stayed in a hotel in
Kolkata’s central part of the city before going by bus to tourist
resort in New Digha.
” In the early morning hours of April 12.,2024, NIA were successful in
tracing the absconding accused near Kolkata where they were hiding
under false identities. This pursuit, successfully accomplished by NIA
was ably supported by energetic co-ordinated action and co-operation
between NIA, Central Intelligence agencies and State Police agencies
of West Bengal, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala police, ” the NIA
said.
The NIA said, ” It has requested the West Bengal Police for securing
the accused and the latter responded promptly,
leading to a successful culmination of the search operation and
apprehended both terrorists. “
