Bangalore: Investigators have claimed a breakthrough in the Bangalore blast case and three people were arrested from Chennai earlier on Tuesday in connection with the case. Tirunelveli residents Peer Mohideen and Basheer were picked up from a lodge in Chennai. The third person is a resident of Madurai.
Police sources say that the trio is suspected to have provided the motorbike used in the blast. Strong leads have also emerged about another sleeper module in Tamil Nadu which could have provided the SIM cards to the bombers.
Bangalore Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar said, "We are happy to say we have made a beginning in cracking the Malleswaram blast case. Cracking of case will instill a sense of fear among anti-national and anti-social elements. There are a number of players in this, country-wide. All governments agencies are cooperating to crack this case."
The Forensic Science Laboratory team in its report says that the blast was of high intensity. And contrary to initial reports suggesting that it could have been a pipe bomb, the explosive was placed in a tiffin-carrier. Taking a cue from this, the Bangalore Police has now sought more details from the FSL. For now, the interrogation of the three will help the investigators determine the sequence of events that led to the blasts outside the BJP office last week....
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07:59 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore: Complying with an Election Commission directive, the BJP government in Karnataka on Friday transferred Bangalore Police Commissioner BG Jyothiprakash Mirji ahead of the May 5 Assembly elections. Home Secretary Raghavendra H Auradkar, who was posted in his place, took over charge. According to sources, the Commission had shot down a panel of three names suggested by the state government and insisted on Auradkar's appointment. "This order is issued as...
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It started as a simple photo upload on Facebook but soon turned into a social campaign that went viral. A picture of two boys making lewd gestures at two girls was uploaded by Akshay Kingar and Ajay Bhaskar on March 8. ...
07:59 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Social networks are rendering an invaluable helping hand to the police forces in the latter's bid to better the law and order situation in India's cities. ...
07:51 PM, Mar 13, 2013
There seems to be no end to the shame as in a shocker from Bangalore, a man allegedly lured an eight-year-old at a New Year function on Monday night and raped her. The incident occurred when the girl was acting in a play staged at the New Year function. ...
06:34 PM, Jan 01, 2013
A Manipuri woman alleged she was heckled and abused by a crowd in Bangalore, and pushed away by a traffic policeman when she sought help. ...
08:45 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Bangalore: Over a fortnight after Indian doctor Usmane Ghani was picked up by the Saudi Arabian police following a directive of the Crime Branch of Bangalore Police, his family claims that he is still missing. The embassy officials, however, have denied any knowledge of his whereabouts. Thirty-six-year-old Ghani worked at the King Fahad National Guard Hospital in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and was picked up by the police from...
09:22 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Bangalore: In a shocking incident in the Karnataka capital, three women bartenders were allegedly gangraped on Thursday night by a group of eight men. A complaint in this regard was lodged by a security personnel. The complainant was one of the security personnel posted outside a house in Bidadi where the incident took place. The victims have been taken for a medical examination. The incident occurred on Thursday night on...
02:17 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Bangalore: A local court on Thursday remanded 11 terror suspects to judicial custody till October 11 on expiry of their police custody. The court also extended till September 29 the police custody of two other terror suspects, nabbed subsequent to the arrest of the 11. The terror suspects, who were in police custody since their arrest in August, were remanded to judicial custody by first Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh...
07:50 PM, Sep 27, 2012
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12:13 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Bangalore Police on Sunday arrested another man from the city in connection with the ongoing terror-related arrests. Mohammad Akram, 22, was arrested as he tried to flee the city on Saturday night, the police said. The police added that extra security measures were in place to ensure the state's safety. The police said it had recovered a pistol and cartridges from Akram and that he had been...
12:48 PM, Sep 02, 2012
With the arrest of the five more suspects - four in Nanded and one in Hyderabad - who allegedly had links with the 11 people held by the Bangalore Police on Thursday , the number of those detained in the terror plot rose to 16 on Friday. Bangalore Police Commissioner Jyoti Prakash Mirji has claimed that they have evidence that the terror suspects were being handled from Saudi Arabia . ...
07:36 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Bangalore: A Muslim federation of over dozen organisations on Friday sought a quick and fair investigation into the arrest of 11 youth suspected to have links with banned terror outfits LeT and HuJI and plotting to carry terrors attacks in the city. "We demand a quick and fair investigation of the case, adherence to rule of law and reiteration that innocents will not be harassed," federation convener Masood Abdul Khader...
12:03 PM, Sep 01, 2012
The families of the 11 men who were arrested by Bangalore Police on Thursday say they are innocent. ...
11:47 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Hyderabad: The Bangalore Police arrested a student from Hyderabad on Friday evening in connection with 11 arrests that were made on Thursday in Bangalore. The 26-year old has been identified as Obaid Rehman and has been taken to Bangalore for further investigation. The Bangalore Police had on Thursday claimed to have busted a terror module. The police arrested 11 people, including a journalist with a popular English daily and a...
10:14 AM, Sep 01, 2012
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03:46 PM, Aug 31, 2012
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08:25 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Bangalore: A Bangalore court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of French diplomat Pascal Mazurier's bail plea in connection with a molestation case till August 30. Mazurier was accused by his wife of molesting their three-year-old daughter, following which a case was filed against him. Mazurier is currently lodged in the Parapana Agrahara jail. ...
01:19 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Bangalore: Sixteen people have been arrested in Bangalore, eight for spreading rumours leading to flight of people from the Northeast people from here and eight for assault, a top police official said on Saturday even as the exodus slowed to a trickle. Three people were arrested Saturday for sending out SMSs and MMSs of rumours, taking the total to eight, Director General of Police Lalrokhuma Pachau told reporters. The five...
08:32 AM, Aug 19, 2012
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10:37 AM, Aug 17, 2012
