Following evidence that the suspected bomber at The Rameshwaram Cafe on March 1 went to Ballari later, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been questioning four accused in the Islamic State (IS) inspired terror module the agency unearthed in Ballari in December 2023.
NIA has taken custody of four accused in the Ballari IS module case, namely, Mohammed Minaz alias Sulaiman, 26, a resident of Ballari, the alleged leader of the module, Sayad Sameer, 19, also from Ballari, Shyan Rahaman, 26, from Delhi and Anas Iqbal Shaikh, 23, from Mumbai. NIA took their custody on March 6 and their custody will end on March 9.
Earlier, NIA sleuths, working on leads that the detonator and timer used in the IEDs at the restaurant in Bengaluru and in the cooker bomb in Mangaluru in 2022, had also questioned accused Mohammed Shariq, Maaz Muneer and others related to the Shivamogga module that allegedly carried out the cooker blast.
