This is an archive article published on April 13, 2024

Rameshwaram Cafe blast suspects brought to Bengaluru on remand

A court in Kolkata had on Friday granted a 3-day transit remand to the two accused in the blast case, allowing the NIA to take them to the Karnataka capital.

Adbul Matheen Taha (left) and Mussavir Hussain Shazib were traced out to their hideout near Kolkata. (File Photos: X/@NIA_India)

By: PTI

1 min readApr 13, 2024 12:22 PM IST First published on: Apr 13, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST

Two prime accused in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case were brought to the city by the NIA from Kolkata on transit remand, police sources said on Saturday.

Both will be taken for a routine medical test, after which they will be produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here.

A court in Kolkata had on Friday granted a 3-day transit remand to the two accused in the blast case, allowing the NIA to take them to the Karnataka capital.

The NIA had arrested Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa from Kolkata for their alleged role in March 1 blast at Rameshwaram Cafe here, which left 10 people injured.