As per sources, probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast incident has revealed the jailed suspected terrorists’ link to Pakistan and global terror outfit ISIS.
The confirmation came from sources on Friday.
Sources further stated that NIA found a connection of jailed terror suspects to Pakistan and they also received instructions from Pakistan to carry out subversive activities in India.
However, the primary culprit is reportedly still missing and can be in Pakistan, sources confirmed.
Probe suggests that a group of six persons were involved in the blast and all had connection to ISIS.
As per reports, four were trained to prepare bombs by ISIS. It has been learnt that the complete training was given online within a span of one week.
The accused had purchased raw materials online and prepared a bomb in a week. The bombs planted at the Bengaluru Cafe and near BJP headquarters were prepared in a week.
Abdul Mateen Taha, one of the terror suspects in the cafe blast case from Thirthahalli, Shivamogga district, had come to Bengaluru in 2012 for engineering studies at Whitefield locality. In the second year, he dropped out, moving to Gurappanapalya. Through the internet, he became involved with jihadist ideologies.
Taha was connected with Shoaib Ahmed Mirza, who was accused in a 2012 targeted killing case and was sentenced to five years of imprisonment by an NIA Special Court. After his release in 2017, Taha met Shoaib again, expressing an interest in joining ISIS.
Taha radicalised his friend Hussain Shazib from Thirthahalli. In 2020, after a case was registered against Al Hind Trust for alleged terrorist activities, both Taha and Shazib left Bengaluru.
Shazib and Taha planned to set off bombs near Bharatiya Janata Party offices in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, on January 22, 2024, coinciding with the Ram Mandir inauguration.
The attempt was foiled as the area had a heavy police presence. However, the bomb planted at the BJP office did not explode and was also not found.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sept 9 filed a chargesheet against four accused in connection with the blast at the Rameshwaram Cafe that took place on March 1.
All four accused have been arrested, and are currently in judicial custody in connection with the Bengaluru Cafe blast case.
The IED explosion, which took place on March 1 this year at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Brookfield, Bengaluru, had left nine persons injured besides causing damage to the interior and infrastructure at the hotel.
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