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Court in Karnataka grants NIA 10-day custody of accused in Rameshwaram Cafe blast case

The accused were brought to the state capital from Kolkata on transit remand, for their alleged role in March 1 blast at Rameshwaram Cafe here, which left 10 people injured.

bengaluru Rameshwaram cafe blastAdbul Matheen Taha (left) and Mussavir Hussain Shazib were traced out to their hideout near Kolkata. (File Photos: X/@NIA_India)
By: PTI
1 min readBengaluruApr 13, 2024 02:56 PM IST First published on: Apr 13, 2024 at 02:01 PM IST

A special NIA court here on Saturday granted the national agency 10 days custody of two accused in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case for further investigation.

Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa were produced before a National Investigation Agency special court judge today.

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The accused were brought to the state capital from Kolkata on transit remand, for their alleged role in March 1 blast at Rameshwaram Cafe here, which left 10 people injured.

According to NIA, Shazib placed the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the cafe and Taahaa was the mastermind.

Last month, the NIA announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh each for those providing information leading to the arrest of these two accused.

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