Mussavir Shazeeb Hussain, who has been identified by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as the bomber at The Rameshwaram Cafe on March 1, and Abdul Matheen Taha, named as a key conspirator in the case, residents of Tirthahalli, Shivamogga, are accused in multiple terror cases and have been on the run from agencies since 2020.
The duo first came to the notice of security agencies when the Karnataka police busted the Al-Hind terror module inspired by the Islamic State (IS) in Bengaluru’s Suddaguntepalya in January, 2020. The module was allegedly put together by Mehboob Pasha, who ran the Al-Hind Trust in the city, and Khaja Moideen, from Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.
The module allegedly aimed to set up an IS province through an insurgency from the jungles of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the NIA chargesheet in the case alleged.
