Bangalore: A month after an explosion took place opposite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Malleshwaram in Bangalore, police are yet to zero in on the person who had planted the bomb.
The police, however, claim the investigation is on track as they have arrested 10 people so far. "We have arrested 10 people and they all are from Tamil Nadu. We cannot disclose the motive as it would affect the investigation," said Bangalore Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar.
The police have also seized explosives and detonators from the suspects. While the families of those arrested by the police have been crying foul, the Karnataka Police claims it has evidence against them. The police have reportedly also seized over half a kg of explosives from the suspects.
Seventeen people were injured when a low-intensity bomb blew up opposite the BJP headquarters in Bangalore on April 17....
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01:07 PM, May 17, 2013
Thrissur: Two persons hailing from Coimbatore have been arrested here for their suspected involvement in the April 17 bomb blast in front of the BJP office in Bangalore, police said on Sunday. Sulfikar Ali, 22, and Shabeer, 24, were arrested from the house of Shabeer's relative at Kecheri near Kunnamkulam in the district on Saturday, they said. The arrest was made by a police team from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu...
12:10 PM, May 12, 2013
Bangalore: Five more persons have been arrested in a joint operation by the city and Tamil Nadu police in connection with the April 17 blast near BJP office here that left 16 persons injured. With this, the number of suspects arrested in the case has risen to 11, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Pranab Mohanty told reporters. "The five suspects, Rehmathulla, Asgar Ali, Hakeem, Tenkasi Suleman and Suleman alias Man...
09:15 PM, May 06, 2013
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu police made more arrests in connection with the Bangalore blast on Friday. Two people were arrested from Coimbatore. Valayal Hakeem and Asgar Ali were arrested for possessing explosive material. The blast took place on April 17 near the BJP headquarters in Bangalore. ...
04:36 PM, May 03, 2013
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...
07:59 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore: Three people have been arrested in Chennai for their alleged involvement in the bomb blast near the Karnataka BJP office in Bangalore. The suspects are believed to have provided the motorcycle on which the bomb was placed. Police is also probing the involvement of a sleeper cell from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Police arrested Peer Mohideen and Basheer on Monday night, where as the third accused Kitchen Buhari was...
12:01 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore: Three people have been arrested in Chennai for their alleged involvement in the bomb blast near the Karnataka BJP office in Bangalore. Police arrested Peer Mohideen and Basheer on Monday night, where as the third accused Kitchen Buhari was arrested on Tuesday morning. Bangalore Police team conducted the operation and they were assisted by Tamil Nadu Police. Meanwhile, NIA on Sunday conducted raids in Darbhanga and Samastipur districts in...
07:58 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of the Bangalore blast, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday pushed for setting up the NCTC to strengthen intelligence gathering. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha on the blast outside BJP office in Bangalore, Shinde said the Home Ministry was also working towards putting in place an explosive tracking system. "We also need to strengthen the intelligence set up of the states. We...
03:55 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Five days after the bomb blast near the Karnataka BJP office in Bangalore, NIA on Sunday conducted raids in Darbhanga and Samastipur districts in Bihar in connection with a suspect connected to Indian Mujahideen operative Yaseen Bhatkal. NIA is looking for a Tahseen Akhtar, who is accused in several blast cases. NIA sources say his arrest could give vital clues on the Bangalore and Hyderabad blast cases. The...
04:40 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Bangalore: The forensic report on Bangalore blast will be submitted on Saturday. Sources said the report mentions that the attack was a high-intensity blast and the explosives were packed in a steel container. The report also mentions that ammonium nitrate and inch-wide pellets were used by the attackers to cause maximum damage but the placement of the bike at the blast site minimised the impact of the attack. Meanwhile, the...
11:20 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Bangalore: Two days after the Bangalore blast the police have still no leads. However, the NIA is questioning eight suspects after CCTV footage showed two men parking the bike outside the BJP office. Sources said that eight suspects are being questioned in connection with the blast that injured 16 people including 11 policemen outside BJP's office in Malleshwaram. This includes four in Tamil Nadu, three in Bangalore and one in...
10:31 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Chennai: Two persons were on Thursday detained for questioning in connection with the bomb blast in Bangalore, police sources said. The sources declined to share further details, including identity of those detained. However, police said the investigation is in progress and the National Investigation Agency was coordinating with the state police. The blast opposite the BJP office in Bangalore on Wednesday left 16 persons, including 11 police personnel, injured. Police...
11:50 PM, Apr 18, 2013
CNN-IBN's Bangalore Bureau Chief Deepa Balakrishnan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Bangalore blast probe. Q. How safe is it for people to go and exercise their franchise on May 5th? Asked by: julietthomas1969 A. Yes people are bound to be scared since this blast happened very close to a polling booth too - a school that's a polling booth is nearby.. but I'd say, some lessons are...
06:14 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday categorically stated that Karnataka elections will be held on time as it has been scheduled amidst speculations on postponement of the Karnataka elections after a terror attack in Bangalore. "Karnataka Assembly election will be on time...These type of incidents have happened in the past before elections and elections have also taken place," Shinde said. Bangalore was hit by terror attack on Wednesday...
04:40 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: Special teams of Tamil Nadu Police are looking for a suspect near Chennai in the Bangalore blast that injured 16 people on Wednesday. Investigators are reportedly tracking the man who bought the motorcycle in which the bomb was kept. The accused is said to have fled to Kancheepuram and is believed to be a resident of Vellore. Initial reports from the forensic sciences laboratory (FSL) indicated that amonium nitrate...
02:36 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Thursday there was no specific information or alert "from anybody" about the bomb blast near the BJP office that left 16 persons injured. Speaking to reporters after visiting the injured persons at government-run K C General Hospital in Bangalore, he maintained that there was no intelligence failure. Shettar said the government had taken all steps required and beefed up the security in...
02:30 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Chennai: In a swift action, the city police has traced the registered owner of the motorbike which was used for bomb blast in Bangalore, in which 16 people were injured. The number plate of the bike has been traced to a retired telecom employee in Chennai, who said that he had sold the bike about four years ago, a police source said. The motorcycle with a Tamil Nadu license plate...
09:32 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team as well as a team from the National Security Guard (NSG) visited the site of the Bangalore blast that injured 16 people on Wednesday. Initial reports from the forensic sciences laboratory have indicated that ammonium nitrate was used to make the bomb that was placed on a stolen bike. Reports said that some sharp nails have also been found at the blast site...
08:28 AM, Apr 18, 2013
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11:45 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Poll-bound Bangalore on Wednesday woke up to a terror attack when a bomb detonated near the BJP office in Malleshwaram, leaving 16 people injured. ...
10:41 PM, Apr 17, 2013
