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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
