Coimbatore car blast | Accused conducted reconnaissance of targets before attack
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Accused conducted reconnaissance of targets before attack

The Hindu  

The investigation into the explosion of a car in front of the Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore on October 23 has revealed that the accused conducted multiple recces of three temples on the list of targets before the suspected mastermind and IS-sympathiser, Jameesha Mubin, carried out a possible ‘lone wolf attack’, sources privy to the probe said. The interrogation of the six accused who have been arrested so far revealed that Mubin and his relatives-cum-accomplices Muhammad Azharudheen, 23, and Afsar Khan, 28, conducted reconnaissance of the Sangameswarar temple, the Mundhi Vinayagar temple and the Koniamman temple, sources said. The police are collecting all available surveillance camera visuals from the stretches connecting these temples to verify the claim of the accused, who told investigators that Mubin carried out a lone wolf attack. 109 articles recovered As per the First Information Report registered by the National Investigation Agency, 109 articles, including potassium nitrate, black powder, matchbox, cracker fuse for a length of about 2 m, nitro glycerin, red phosphorus, pentaerythritol tetranitrate powder, aluminium powder, portable oxygen cylinder, sulphur powder, glass marbles, gas regulator, batteries, wires, iron nails, switch, insulation tape, packing tape, gloves, notebooks on Islamic ideology and details about jihad, were recovered from Mubin’s house.

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NIA charges 4 Islamists in ISIS radicalisation and recruitment case filed after 2022 Coimbatore blast
4 months, 2 weeks ago

NIA charges 4 Islamists in ISIS radicalisation and recruitment case filed after 2022 Coimbatore blast

Op India  

The National Investigation Agency on August 6 informed that they have filed a chargesheet against 4 men for radicalising youths and recruiting them for terrorist outfit ISIS. The chargesheet relates to the case filed by the NIA Chennai branch in August last year, based on the investigation into the blast triggered by an explosives-laden car outside the Sangameswarar Temple temple …

Coimbatore Car Blast Case: NIA Initiates Searches in Multiple Locations in TN
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Coimbatore Car Blast Case: NIA Initiates Searches in Multiple Locations in TN

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency sleuths on Saturday initiated searches in at least 27 locations in Tamil Nadu related to the ISIS-inspired car bomb blast case in Coimbatore in which 15 people were arrested. The prime suspect identified as Jamesha Mubeen, whom the agency said was a suicide bomber, was killed when his vehicle carrying an Improvised Explosive Device exploded in …

Coimbatore car blast | NIA files second supplementary chargesheet against two accused
11 months ago

Coimbatore car blast | NIA files second supplementary chargesheet against two accused

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed the second supplementary charge sheet against two more accused involved in the car blast in front of the Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore on October 23, 2022. The NIA probe revealed that Mubeen, along with other accused — Azarudeen, Umar Faaruq, Sheikh Hidayathullah and Sanofer Ali — conspired to carry out a series of …

Coimbatore car blast | NIA interrogates two accused in custody
1 year ago

Coimbatore car blast | NIA interrogates two accused in custody

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency is interrogating two accused in the Coimbatore car blast, namely Mohammed Idris, 25, and Thaha Naseer, 27, in custody. The two accused were brought to Coimbatore for interrogation, after the special court for the NIA cases in Poonamallee, Chennai granted their custody to the agency on Saturday evening. He is believed to be a close friend …

Coimbatore car blast | NIA arrests 14th accused
1 year, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | NIA arrests 14th accused

The Hindu  

A year after the car blast in front of Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore, the National Investigation Agency has arrested a 14th person for alleged involvement in the attack that involved men inspired by the Islamic State ideology. Sources said Naseer, who worked as a painter at the service centre of a car franchise in Coimbatore, had met Jamesha …

NIA Arrests 13th Accused in ISIS-Inspired Coimbatore Car Bomb Blast Case
1 year, 3 months ago

NIA Arrests 13th Accused in ISIS-Inspired Coimbatore Car Bomb Blast Case

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency on Friday made its 13th arrest in the 2022 Coimbatore Islamic State -inspired car improvised explosive device blast. The arrested accused, Mohammed Azarudeen alias Azar, is already in jail at the Viyyur High-Security Prison in Thrissur, Kerala, in another case. Investigations revealed that Azarudeen had previously taken secret classes along with the other accused, including Jamesha …

Tamil Nadu: NIA makes fresh arrest in IS-inspired Coimbatore car blast case
1 year, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: NIA makes fresh arrest in IS-inspired Coimbatore car blast case

India TV News  

The National Investigation Agency made a fresh arrest in connection with the IS-inspired car IED bomb blast which took place in Coimbatore, officials said on Friday. NIA said that the accused Mohammed Azarudeen alias Azar is the thirteenth person to be arrested in the case. "Investigations have revealed that Azarudeen had previously taken secret ‘bayan’ classes along with the accused …

Coimbatore car blast mastermind wanted to orchestrate Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings-model attack: NIA chargesheet
1 year, 8 months ago

Coimbatore car blast mastermind wanted to orchestrate Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings-model attack: NIA chargesheet

The Hindu  

Jamesha Mubeen, the mastermind of the car bomb explosion in front of Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore on October 22 last year wanted to orchestrate an attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, said the chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency against six out of the 11 accused in the case on Thursday. The NIA said a …

Coimbatore car blast was inspired by Sri Lanka Easter bombings: NIA
1 year, 9 months ago

Coimbatore car blast was inspired by Sri Lanka Easter bombings: NIA

The Hindu  

Those involved in last October’s car explosion in front of Coimbatore’s Sangameswarar temple operated an Islamic State module inspired by Zahran Hashim, the mastermind of the Easter 2019 bombings in Sri Lanka, the National Investigation Agency’s probe has found. “Evidence strongly support that they acted like an IS module inspired by Hashim,” said the source, adding that the agency could …

Coimbatore car blast | NIA gets custody of five accused persons, for seven days, for interrogation
1 year, 9 months ago

Coimbatore car blast | NIA gets custody of five accused persons, for seven days, for interrogation

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency, which is investigating the Coimbatore car blast has got custody of five accused persons, for seven days, for interrogation. An official source confirmed that the NIA special court at Poonamallee, Chennai, on Thursday, sent Muhammad Azharudheen, 23, Firoz Ismail, 27, Muhammad Nawaz Ismail, 25, Umar Faaruq, 39, and Ferose Khan, 28, into the custody of the …

Coimbatore murder | Three more arrested
1 year, 10 months ago

Coimbatore murder | Three more arrested

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore City Police on Wednesday arrested three more persons for their alleged involvement in the daylight retaliatory killing of G. Gokul, 25, a murder case accused, on a busy lane near the Combined Court Complex at Gopalapuram on Monday. The police produced Gowtham alias Hari, Soundar, Arunkumar, Surya and Daniel before the third judicial magistrate court on Wednesday evening. …

Coimbatore car explosion case: NIA takes accused to Mubeen's residence, blast site for investigation
1 year, 11 months ago

Coimbatore car explosion case: NIA takes accused to Mubeen's residence, blast site for investigation

India Today  

Four accused who were arrested in connection to the Coimbatore car terror blast were taken to various locations near the blast site for investigation on Tuesday. Around midnight on Tuesday, the NIA team took Sanafar Ali, Muhammad Riaz, Nawaz, and Thoufiq to Jamesha Mubeen's residence and inquired about how they helped in carrying the cylinder from Mubeen's residence on the …

NIA arrests 3 in connection with Coimbatore blast case
2 years ago

NIA arrests 3 in connection with Coimbatore blast case

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the Coimbatore car blast case. Umar Faaruq alias K Srinivasan of Nilgiris district, Mohammed Thoufeek, and Ferose Khan from Coimbatore were arrested for their involvement in the October 23 explosion, said a spokesperson of the NIA. "After preliminary investigations, it has emerged that the deceased accused, …

Man arrested in 1998 Coimbatore blast held for selling cars he rented through online company
2 years ago

Man arrested in 1998 Coimbatore blast held for selling cars he rented through online company

India Today  

A man who was part of the banned Al Ummah organisation and arrested in connection with the 1998 Coimbatore blast, was again arrested for selling rental cars which he had hired through an online car rental company. The online car rental company in Kerala's Thiruvanathapuram lodged a complaint recently at Thiruvananthapuram's Vanjiyur Police Station that a few cars which were …

Two men wanted in Coimbatore jail warder’s murder, bomb planting declared proclaimed offenders
2 years ago

Two men wanted in Coimbatore jail warder’s murder, bomb planting declared proclaimed offenders

The Hindu  

Two men wanted separately in cases relating to the murder of a jail warder of Coimbatore Central Prison in 1996 and in planting of a bomb in the car parking area of an apartment in Coimbatore in 1997, have been declared “proclaimed offenders”. The third judicial magistrate court, Coimbatore, declared Mujibur Rahman of Noorabad at Podanur and A. Raja alias …

Coimbatore Blast May Be First Attempted Suicide Attack by An ISIS Sympathiser in India - News18
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore Blast May Be First Attempted Suicide Attack by An ISIS Sympathiser in India - News18

News 18  

Investigations have indicated that the blast that occurred in front of the Kottai Easwaran Temple in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, is definitely a terrorist attack and the perpetrators involved are members of an Islamic State -inspired module, CNN-News18 has learnt. In fact, this can be termed as the first attempted ‘suicide attack’ by an ISIS sympathiser in India, though the only …

NIA raids 43 premises in connection with Kovai blast
2 years, 1 month ago

NIA raids 43 premises in connection with Kovai blast

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Sleuths from the National investigation Agency conducted raids at 43 locations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Thursday, as part of their probe into the Coimbatore car blast of October 23, and seized digital devices and incriminating documents from the houses of suspects. Preliminary investigations had revealed that the arrested persons had conspired with the prime accused, Jameesha Mubeen, …

Coimbatore car blast accused Jameesha Mubin planned suicide attacks, says NIA
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast accused Jameesha Mubin planned suicide attacks, says NIA

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency on November 10 said Jameesha Mubin, the deceased suspect in the Coimbatore bomb blast case, had planned suicide attacks to cause extensive damage to symbols and monuments of a particular religious faith. Read : Coimbatore car blast | Terror probe, politics and more The six accused persons arrested in this case so far had allegedly conspired …

Coimbatore car explosion case: NIA raids several places across Tamil Nadu
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car explosion case: NIA raids several places across Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: The National Investigation Agency, which is probing the car cylinder explosion in front of a temple here recently, conducted searches at several places in the city and across Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The searches were carried out by a team that arrived from Chennai and Kochi at over 30 places in the city including Kottaimedu, Ukkadam, Ponvizhanagar and Rathinapuri …

Coimbatore car blast | Jamaat members visit Sangameswarar temple, send out message of harmony
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Jamaat members visit Sangameswarar temple, send out message of harmony

The Hindu  

Jamaat members meet priests of Coimbatore car blast site temple A delegation of members from the Coimbatore District Federation of All Jamaat and Ulemas, from three mosques in Kottaimedu, visited the Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore, near which a car had exploded on October 23, and held a discussion on Thursday. On Thursday, 13 members from Idhayathul Islam Shafia Jamaat, Thareekathul …

Coimbatore Car Blast Case: Troubled, Survivors Relive 1997 Riots & 1998 Bombings
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore Car Blast Case: Troubled, Survivors Relive 1997 Riots & 1998 Bombings

The Quint  

Coimbatore is a quiet city except for when it is not. The day before Diwali, on 23 October, an LPG cylinder went off in a car, parked in front of Sangameswarar Temple in Kottaimedu, leading to a probe by Tamil Nadu Police that revealed alleged terror links. But for several residents, the blast investigation brought back old memories of unrest …

Mothers of suspects arrested in Coimbatore car blast case claim they are innocent
2 years, 1 month ago

Mothers of suspects arrested in Coimbatore car blast case claim they are innocent

The Hindu  

Maimuna Begum, 53, a mother of five and a real estate broker from G.M. Ms. Begum claims to have contacted an inspector of the Coimbatore City Police after her sons Firoz Ismail, 27, and Muhammad Nawaz Ismail, 25, told her that they knew the owner of the car, which exploded in front of the Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu around 4 …

Jameesha Mubin was among 150 persons on watch list in Coimbatore
2 years, 1 month ago

Jameesha Mubin was among 150 persons on watch list in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Jameesha Mubin, 29, who was killed in the recent car blast in front of a temple in Coimbatore, was among the 150 persons who were on the watch list of intelligence units in the city. The sources said the “intelligence alerts”, as pointed out by leaders like BJP State president K. Annamalai and leading to the police being criticised for …

'Mubeen needs help moving house': Call recordings of Coimbatore blast accused, his mother | Exclusive
2 years, 1 month ago

'Mubeen needs help moving house': Call recordings of Coimbatore blast accused, his mother | Exclusive

India Today  

Junaidha Begum, the mother of one of the accused in the Coimbatore car blast case, has claimed that cops that her son only went to help Jamesha Mubeen shift his home. Meanwhile, Riyaz’s mother Junaidha Begum also told the police that Feroz and Riyaz had gone to Mubeen’s house as he had called them to help him shift his home. …

Coimbatore car blast | Terror probe, politics and more
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Terror probe, politics and more

The Hindu  

A day before Deepavali, the residents of Kottaimedu in Coimbatore city woke up to a car explosion that occurred in front of Sangameswarar Temple at dawn on October 23, 2022. Police swung into action after explosion of a LPG cylinder in a car at Coimbatore The next day, on October 24, five accomplices of Mubin, identified as Muhammad Thalha, Muhammad …

Coimbatore car blast | T.N. CM Stalin felicitates police personnel
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | T.N. CM Stalin felicitates police personnel

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin felicitated 58 police officers and personnel, including Coimbatore Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan, all of whom were involved in the investigation of the recent Coimbatore car explosion case. Soon after the explosion of an LPG cylinder in the car within the Ukkadam police station limits in Coimbatore on October 23, police personnel ensured that evidence …

Tamil Nadu: CM MK Stalin lauds Coimbatore Police for handling car explosion case aptly
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu: CM MK Stalin lauds Coimbatore Police for handling car explosion case aptly

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday praised Coimbatore Police for handling car explosives case in the city. The CM gave away certificates of appreciation to police personnel of Coimbatore city for swiftly probing the car blast case. His formal appreciation, hailing the police force of the western city for quick probe and initiation of preventive measures is …

Coimbatore blast was a terror attack intended to destroy a large area
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore blast was a terror attack intended to destroy a large area

Op India  

Numerous astonishing and disturbing details about the deceased Jamesha Mubin and his arrested accomplices have been revealed as the investigation into the Coimbatore car blast in Tamil Nadu proceeds. Mubin expected his suicide bombing operation would obliterate a radius of 50 to 100 metres, including the temple and numerous apartment complexes nearby, according to the interrogation of the six alleged …

Coimbatore blast: TN BJP chief claims police had details on accused being 'ISIS sympathiser'
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore blast: TN BJP chief claims police had details on accused being 'ISIS sympathiser'

India Today  

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai has issued a rebuttal to the Tamil Nadu police’s statement, accusing him of trying to divert the probe in the Coimbatore car blast. In his reply, Annamalai claimed that the police were given information regarding Jameza Mubin, who was killed after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a car in Coimbatore. TN POLICE'S ACCUSATION AGAINST …

Coimbatore car blast | Police complete interrogation of accused, NIA to begin probe
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Police complete interrogation of accused, NIA to begin probe

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Police on Friday completed interrogation of five persons, arrested for their alleged involvement in the car explosion in front of the Sangameswarar temple here on October 23. The five accused, namely Muhammad Thalha, Muhammad Azharudheen, Muhammad Riyas, Firoz Ismail, and Muhammad Nawaz Ismail, all hailing from places near Ukkadam, were produced before the fifth judicial magistrate court …

Coimbatore car blast accused visited Kerala's Viyyur jail to meet man linked to Sri Lanka Easter bombing
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast accused visited Kerala's Viyyur jail to meet man linked to Sri Lanka Easter bombing

India Today  

One of the accused who was arrested in connection with the Coimbatore car explosion case had visited Kerala’s Viyyur jail to meet with Muhammad Azharuddin. Feroz, who visited Viyyur prison and met Muhammad Azharuddin, is one of the six men arrested in connection with the Coimbatore car explosion on Sunday, which killed one person. Azharuddin was arrested by the National …

Coimbatore car blast | Police grill two in Tirunelveli district
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Police grill two in Tirunelveli district

The Hindu  

A day after the Tamil Nadu government has recommended a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the recent Coimbatore car blast, a team of Tamil Nadu police questioned two persons in Ervadi and Melapalayam in Tirunelveli district on Thursday. While a police team questioned Abdul Khader Manpai of Ervadi, who is the State general secretary of ‘Islamiya Prachara Peravai’, …

Coimbatore car blast | Police arrest sixth suspect
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Police arrest sixth suspect

The Hindu  

The police on Thursday, October 27, 2022 arrested a sixth person for his alleged involvement in the early morning car blast in front of the Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore on October 23. Following the blast, a search at Mubin’s residence on October 23 had unearthed a large quantity of raw materials such as potassium nitrate, aluminium powder, sulphur …

Coimbatore police arrest sixth person, relative of deceased Mubeen, in car explosion case
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore police arrest sixth person, relative of deceased Mubeen, in car explosion case

India Today  

Coimbatore Police, on Thursday morning, arrested a sixth suspect in connection with the car bomb case. Upon searching his home, chemicals used for low intense explosions like Potassium nitrate, Aluminium powder, charcoal and Sulphur which can be used for making country bombs were seized,” said the DGP Initially, five people were arrested in connection with the car bomb explosion that …

Coimbatore car blast | Police get three-day custody of five accused
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Police get three-day custody of five accused

The Hindu  

The police on Wednesday were granted three days’ custody of all the five persons who were arrested for their alleged involvement in a car blast in front of the Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore in the early hours of October 23. Meanwhile, the police on Wednesday searched the residence of a relative of Jameesha Mubin, 29, the suspected mastermind …

Coimbatore car blast case | T.N. seeks National Investigation Agency probe
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast case | T.N. seeks National Investigation Agency probe

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday decided to make a recommendation to the Union government to transfer the investigation into the Coimbatore car explosion case to the National Investigation Agency. Additional security measures The State government has also decided to create an exclusive wing in the police force to prevent such incidents from recurring, the release said. Installing additional cameras …

Digital footprints of Mubin, associates under scanner, says DGP
2 years, 1 month ago

Digital footprints of Mubin, associates under scanner, says DGP

The Hindu  

The digital footprint of Jameesha Mubin, the man who was killed in the early-morning explosion in Coimbatore on Sunday, and his associates are under the scanner of cyber-forensic experts of the Tamil Nadu Police. Timely intervention of the police deployed at a checkpoint in the locality helped to avert an untoward incident,” Mr. Sylendra Babu told The Hindu. On the …

Coimbatore car blast | Deceased suspect was questioned, freed by NIA in 2019, placed in watchlist of Tamil Nadu Police
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Deceased suspect was questioned, freed by NIA in 2019, placed in watchlist of Tamil Nadu Police

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs recently issued a specific alert on possible attacks on prominent Hindu organisation leaders by activists of the banned Popular Front of India in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. Highly placed police sources told The Hindu on Tuesday that the Ministry had said in its alert sent on October 18, 2022, that after the Union government …

Key places were in ‘hitlist’ of suspects involved in Coimbatore car blast
2 years, 1 month ago

Key places were in ‘hitlist’ of suspects involved in Coimbatore car blast

The Hindu  

The five suspects, arrested in connection with the recent car explosion in front of the Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore, and Jameesha Mubin, who was killed in the blast, allegedly had a list of places where they planned to launch potential attacks. The suspected “hit list” included places such as Coimbatore Collectorate, office of the City Police Commissioner, Coimbatore …

Five associates of Coimbatore car blast mastermind held, police invoke UAPA provisions to probe terror angle
2 years, 1 month ago

Five associates of Coimbatore car blast mastermind held, police invoke UAPA provisions to probe terror angle

The Hindu  

The police late on Monday arrested five associates of Jameesha Mubin, who was killed in the early morning car blast in front of Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore, on October 23. #Coimbatore car blast: A surveillance camera footage, which showed a heavy object being moved out of Jameesha Mubin's residence at Kottaimedu around 11.30 p.m. on Saturday, helped the …

5 arrested under UAPA in Coimbatore car explosion case were on NIA radar in 2019
2 years, 2 months ago

5 arrested under UAPA in Coimbatore car explosion case were on NIA radar in 2019

India Today  

The five men who were arrested in connection with the Coimbatore car explosion case have been booked under the Unlawful Activities Act, said Coimbatore Police Commissioner Balakrishnan. They were arrested in connection with the car explosion due to an LPG cylinder blast that rocked the city and killed one person, identified as Jameza Mubeen, on Sunday. Updating media persons about …

Tamil Nadu cops probe terror angle after cylinder blast in Coimbatore leaves 1 dead
2 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu cops probe terror angle after cylinder blast in Coimbatore leaves 1 dead

India Today  

A 25-year-old man died after a cylinder exploded inside a car near Kottai Eswaran temple in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Sunday, triggering panic in the area. However, the cylinder blast case took a sensational turn on DGP Sylendra Babu, who visited the site and hinted at a terror plot. DGP Sylendra Babu who visited Coimbatore said that the identity of …

Explosives seized after blast kills man in Coimbatore
2 years, 2 months ago

Explosives seized after blast kills man in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Police swung into action after explosion of a LPG cylinder in a car at Coimbatore A 29-year-old man was killed in a car explosion in front of a temple in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Sunday. The police said Mubin, a resident of Ukkadam, was killed in the explosion in front of Kottai Easwaran Kovil near Town Hall in one of …

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