Coimbatore Blast Case: NIA Conducts Searches at Multiple Locations in Tamil Nadu
News 18The National Investigation Agency on Thursday conducted searches at 43 locations in Tamil Nadu in eight districts, including Chennai, Coimbatore, Thiruvallur, Thiruppur, Nilgiris, Chengalpatu, Kanchipuram and Nagapattinam and one location in Kerala’s Palakkad in relation with the Coimbatore blast case. The blast in a car laden with explosives in front of Coimbatore’s Kottai Eswaran Temple killed a man identified as Jamesha Mubeen who, probe later revealed, was planning to carry out suicide attacks and “cause extensive damage to symbols and monuments of a particular religious faith”. Top intelligence sources had earlier told CNN-News18 that the Coimbatore blast was a “definite act of terror”. Six accused have been arrested in the case so far for conspiring with Mubeen to procure different chemicals and other ingredients and fabricate Improvised Explosive Devices, including a vehicle-borne IED, from online shopping platforms to commit terrorist acts.