Rameshwaram Café blast conspiracy was brewed at Parappana Agrahara jail: NIA
National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials have uncovered a startling revelation regarding the conspiracy to orchestrate a blast at the Rameshwaram Café in Bengaluru, indicating that the plot was devised within the confines of Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. In connection with this revelation, Maaz Muneer, an individual previously implicated in the Shimoga trial blast and the Mangalore graffiti case, has been arrested.
Muneer, who was already incarcerated at the central jail, was apprehended from within the premises based on information provided by Muzammil Shareef, another suspect detained in Chikkamagaluru by the NIA. Following his arrest, Muneer was produced before the court via video conference and subsequently remanded to judicial custody again, according to sources within the NIA.
Following the blast at the Café, the NIA conducted raids at 18 locations across the country, including Parappana Agrahara, on March 5th. Muneer was taken into custody during these raids and interrogated for a period of eight days. However, due to his reluctance to divulge pertinent information during questioning, the NIA arrested Shareef in Chikkamagaluru based on circumstantial evidence. Shareef subsequently provided the NIA with comprehensive details regarding Muneer's involvement in the blast, leading to his re-arrest from the central jail.
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Muneer, originally from Theerthahalli in Shimoga and an engineering graduate, was previously implicated in the Mangalore graffiti case reported in November 2020, for which he was later released on bail. However, he was again arrested in connection with the Shimoga trial blast case.
Notably, Muneer, along with Abdul Matheen Taha, was reportedly proficient in preparing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and had provided training to other suspects. Musavvir Hussain Shazib, identified as the Rameshwaram Café bomber, was among those allegedly trained by Muneer and Taha, as per sources familiar with the investigation.
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Mamata demands PM's resignation over silence on Pak's 'threat' to strike Kolkata in future conflict
Bethuadahari (WB) (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not raise Pakistan's threat to attack Kolkata, during his poll rallies in West Bengal a day earlier.
"You (PM) target Bengal during election rallies; but when Pakistan talks of attacking Bengal, you do not utter a word. You should resign," she said at a poll rally here in Nadia district.
"Why did the prime minister not raise the issue during his rally in Bengal? When Pakistan's defence minister says they will attack Kolkata, why didn't the prime minister say that 'we will take strong action'?" she posed a day after Modi addressed a poll rally in West Bengal's Cooch Behar.
"Just like we do not accept any threat to the country, we will also not take the threat to Kolkata lying down," she said.
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday warned India that it would respond with a strike in Kolkata to any “future misadventures". “If India tries to stage any false flag operation this time, then God-willingly, we will take it to Kolkata," Asif had said while talking to reporters at his hometown of Sialkot.
