Home Minister of Karnataka G Parameshwara on Thursday informed that the detectives investigating the blast at the city's popular eatery 'The Rameshwaram Cafe' previous week had got certain "good leads'', as the prime suspect changed his clothes after the incident, and traveled by bus.
According to the state home minister, the suspect traveled by bus after the explosion to the district headquarters town of Tumakuru. For now, the sleuths are following on the leads trying to verify his movement till Ballari.
Investigation into the March one blast, caused by an Improvised Explosive Device, at the quick-service eatery in Brookfield area in information technology corridor in east Bengaluru that left ten people injured, is being carried by the National Investigation Agency, which the Central Crime Branch of the Bengaluru police is assisting.
"We have got more important leads, as to the direction in which he (suspect) has gone and him having changed his clothes. Some information cannot be revealed. We have got good leads in the last couple of days. I feel that he will be nabbed at the earliest," Parameshwara told reporters.
"It is known that he has traveled by bus, based on those leads officials are following up. They have got important leads," he said, adding that there are leads that the suspect traveled towards Tumakuru by bus and officials were investigating it.
"Officials have checked the footage, they have got certain leads. They are verifying from here till Ballari," he added.
Meanwhile, new video footage of the suspect with a backpack, wearing a full-sleeved shirt, cap, facemask, and spectacles moving in the bus has surfaced.
From the video, it seems that the suspect, after noticing the camera in the bus, moved in a direction where it did not cover him.
Also, an unverified photograph of the suspect wearing a T-shirt, without a face mask, cap, and spectacles, sitting inside the bus is also doing the rounds.
NIA has announced ₹10 lakh cash reward for information about the bomber.
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