In a significant breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested the alleged bomber and chief conspirator in Bengaluru’s The Rameshwaram Cafe blast case from a hotel near Kolkata early on April 12.
The arrested have been identified as Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa, 30, the alleged chief conspirator in the case, and Mussavir Hussain Shazib, around 30 years old, the alleged bomber at the restaurant in Brookfield, Bengaluru, on March 1, that left nine injured. The NIA had recently announced a reward of ₹10 Lakh for information leading to their arrest.
The duo came under the radar of security agencies in 2020, when they were accused in the Islamic State (IS)-inspired Al Hind module case busted in Bengaluru. The module wanted to allegedly start an IS-style insurgency from the jungles of south India and had spread its tentacles in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. While others in the case were arrested, the duo had managed to slip away and have been on the run since then.
