The youths arrested on the charge of links with ISIS, a banned organisation, had executed a trial blast on the bank of Tunga river in Shivamogga, said Shivamogga Superintendent of Police B.M. Laxmi Prasad.
Addressing mediapersons in Shivamogga on September 23, the officer said that the accused had manufactured a bomb using locally available material. They had learnt bomb-making by studying material shared by ISIS on their channel in a messenger application. “The accused profess the ideology of Islamic State. They were of the view that India got independence merely from the British. But the real independence would be achieved only after establishing a caliphate and enforcing Sharia law,” the officer said.
The police, during the investigation, located the site of the trial blast and picked up remnants from the spot. “The remnants were recovered with the help of the FSL team. We have found sulphur and phosphorus, which worked as detonators. The material will undergo chemical analysis,” he said.
