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 the busiest commercial areas in the western city around 4 a.m. An LPG cylinder he carried in a hatchback car exploded while another one was found unexploded at the blast site. Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu, who camped in Coimbatore, told journalists on Sunday evening that the explosion happened when the accused was carrying the two cylinders and other items including nails and marbles. An LPG cylinder #blast in a car near Kottai Eswaran Kovil in #Coimbatore in the early hours of Sunday claims one life.

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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 …

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 …

Coimbatore car blast | Nail used as shrapnel turned fatal for Mubin
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Nail used as shrapnel turned fatal for Mubin

The Hindu  

A nail which pierced Jameesha Mubin’s heart turned fatal for the alleged key conspirator of the October 23 car blast in Coimbatore, a post-mortem has revealed. Senior police officers confirmed that Mubin used a large quantity of nails, measuring two inches, and glass marbles as shrapnel in the explosion. As the fire brigade doused the flames of the exploded car …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Explosive affair: The Hindu Editorial on the October 23, 2022 Coimbatore car blast
2 years, 1 month ago

Explosive affair: The Hindu Editorial on the October 23, 2022 Coimbatore car blast

The Hindu  

With investigators finding tell-tale signs of a terror plot having gone awry, post Sunday’s predawn car blast near a temple in communally-fragile Coimbatore, the incident, unless tackled professionally with sensitivity, holds the potential of escalating existing tensions on the law and order and political fronts. Information that the car’s driver and suspected mastermind, who was charred, Jameesha Mubin, was briefly …

In Coimbatore, a bomb on wheels
2 years, 1 month ago

In Coimbatore, a bomb on wheels

The Hindu  

K. Valliammal, 73, of Kottai Eswaran Kovil Street in Coimbatore, went to bed late on the night of October 22. He said the blast could have occurred when Mubin tried to get away with the explosives-laden car after seeing the police ahead. He also assisted Mubin in mixing the raw materials which were filled in three small cans and kept …

Centre hands over Coimbatore car blast probe to National Investigation Agency
2 years, 1 month ago

Centre hands over Coimbatore car blast probe to National Investigation Agency

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday handed over the probe in the recent Coimbatore car-explosion case to the National Investigation Agency. police Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu police, on Thursday, arrested a sixth person, a relative of the suspected mastermind Jameesha Mubin, on various charges including procuring of raw materials used for the explosion. A senior police officer said Khan …

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 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 …

NIA takes over Coimbatore car blast case probe
2 years, 1 month ago

NIA takes over Coimbatore car blast case probe

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday, October 27, took over the investigation in the Coimbatore car blast case by registering an FIR. Around 4.30 am on October 23, an LPG cylinder exploded inside a Maruti 800 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. "Following a search at Mubin's house, we recovered some low-intensive explosives — potassium nitrate, aluminium powder, charcoal, sulphur — used …

LPG cylinder explodes in Hyderabad; 1 dead, 2 critical among 8 injured
2 years, 1 month ago

LPG cylinder explodes in Hyderabad; 1 dead, 2 critical among 8 injured

India Today  

A person died and two others were critically injured in a suspected LPG cylinder explosion at a house in Hyderabad on Wednesday morning. Police sources said that the mishap occurred due to leakage from an LPG cylinder which was reportedly triggered by an electrical short circuit. According to North Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police, Chandana Deepthi, “A suspected LPG Cylinder …

Five associates of Coimbatore car blast mastermind held, police invoke UAPA provisions to probe terror angle
2 years, 2 months 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 …

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 …

Explosion in front of temple in Coimbatore leaves residents in shock
2 years, 2 months ago

Explosion in front of temple in Coimbatore leaves residents in shock

The Hindu  

Seeing Kottai Eswaran Kovil through the window of his room is a morning routine for Senthil Kannan, an Aavin milk agent and a resident of Samiyar Puthu Street abutting the temple. A fire tender from the Coimbatore south station reached the place in two minutes and put out the fire. A resident said the explosion in front of the neighbourhood …

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