Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge sheet against four accused, Mussavir Hussain Shajib, Abdul Mateen Ahmed Taha, Maz Muneer Ahmed, and Muzammil Sharif, in connection with the Rameswaram Cafe blast case.
The charge sheet has been filed under the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Substances Act, and the Prevention of Destruction Act. The blast, which took place on March 1 at Rameswaram Cafe on ITPL Road, resulted in injuries to nine people, including customers and cafe staff.
Following the incident, the NIA took over the investigation and identified the involvement of Mussavir Hussain Shajib and Abdul Mateen Ahmed Taha. The two accused, who had gone missing after the blast, were arrested by NIA officials in West Bengal after 42 days.
The investigation also revealed that the accused had previously attempted to target the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, during the Prana Pratishtana program of Lord Rama in Ayodhya on January 22. After the failure of this attempt, they allegedly planned and executed the blast at Rameswaram Cafe. The details of these events were mentioned in the charge sheet submitted to the special court by the NIA.
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New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.