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 Azharudheen, Muhammad Riyas, Firoz Ismail, and Muhammad Nawaz Ismail were arrested following analysis of CCTV footage. Sanofar Ali of Vincent Road in Coimbatore The same day, the National Investigation Agency took over the investigation in the Coimbatore car blast case on October 27, a day after the State recommended it. Radhakrishnan and Coimbatore South MLA Vanathi Srinivasan who addressed journalists on October 26, announced a one-day bandh in Coimbatore city on October 31, to condemn the DMK-led State government for “negligently handling the investigation” of the car blast. Watch | TN BJP president on police response to Coimbatore car blast This is a compilation of The Hindu’s coverage of the Coimbatore car blast

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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 …

DMK govt releases SA Basha and 2 other terrorists convicted in 1998 Coimbatore blast case
10 months, 1 week ago

DMK govt releases SA Basha and 2 other terrorists convicted in 1998 Coimbatore blast case

Op India  

The Dravidra Munnetra Kazagham -led Tamil Nadu government has reportedly released 3 terrorists, convicted in the deadly Coimbatore bomb blasts of 1998 that claimed the lives of 58 people. While speaking about the matter, BJP President K Annamalai said, “It’s very unfortunate the DMK government is trying its best to release 16 convicts in the infamous Coimbatore bomb blast and …

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
10 months, 4 weeks 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 …

NIA files supplementary chargesheet in 2022 Coimbatore car bomb blast case, names two more accused
11 months ago

NIA files supplementary chargesheet in 2022 Coimbatore car bomb blast case, names two more accused

India TV News  

The National Investigation Agency took significant steps in the investigation of the 2022 Coimbatore car bomb blast, chargesheeting two additional accused associated with the ISIS-inspired attack. The supplementary chargesheet, filed on Wednesday, named Mohammed Azarudeen, alias Azar, and Mohammed Idris, both residents of Coimbatore, as key figures in the terror plot. Investigation details The NIA initiated the investigation on October …

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 …

T.N. BJP leader Annamalai opposes release of Coimbatore bomb blast case convicts
1 year, 2 months ago

T.N. BJP leader Annamalai opposes release of Coimbatore bomb blast case convicts

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai on Tuesday expressed hope that “good sense” would prevail and Chief Minister M.K. “Despite all this, the Tamil Nadu Assembly discussed the release of terrorists serving life imprisonment for their involvement in the Coimbatore bomb blast and other heinous acts,” he said. Core committee meeting Meanwhile, the meeting of the core committee of the …

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 …

Terrorist outfit ISKP claims hand in Coimbatore, Mangaluru blasts
1 year, 9 months ago

Terrorist outfit ISKP claims hand in Coimbatore, Mangaluru blasts

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Terrorist outfit Islamic State in Khorasan Province has claimed the responsibility for blasts in Coimbatore and Mangaluru last year, and asked its “operatives” in South India to wage a war against Hindus and the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. NIA has already arrested several ISIS suspects in connection with the October 23, 2022 car bomb blast at Coimbatore …

Coimbatore, Mangaluru blasts | NIA conducts searches in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
1 year, 10 months ago

Coimbatore, Mangaluru blasts | NIA conducts searches in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 carried out simultaneous searches at 40 locations in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka as part of its investigations into last year’s car explosion in Coimbatore on October 23 and the pressure cooker blast in an autorickshaw in Mangaluru on November 19. #NIA officers comes out of a house at Kottaimedu in …

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: NIA arrests 3 people for being part of conspiracy meeting
2 years ago

Coimbatore blast: NIA arrests 3 people for being part of conspiracy meeting

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency has arrested three people for their involvement in conspiracy meetings and providing incriminating material for the October 23 blast in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, the agency said on Wednesday. “Investigations have revealed that accused persons Umar Faaruq and Ferose Khan were part of the conspiracy meetings attended by Jamesha Mubeen in Umar’s residence at Coonor, Nilgiris district, …

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, …

Coimbatore City Police to re-draw road map for policing for the next 25 years
2 years ago

Coimbatore City Police to re-draw road map for policing for the next 25 years

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore City Police are on the job of re-drawing the road map for policing for the next 25 years given the growing complexities on two counts — one on the communal front and the other on drug abuse among students, said V. Balakrishnan, Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City. To offer counselling, panels involving religious scholars, psychologists, family members especially …

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 …

Signs of trouble: On explosions in Coimbatore and Mangaluru
2 years, 1 month ago

Signs of trouble: On explosions in Coimbatore and Mangaluru

The Hindu  

The blast in Mangaluru in Karnataka on November 19 is a troubling sign of the radicalisation among a section of Muslims. Mohammed Shariq, who was allegedly carrying the improvised explosive device in a pressure cooker in an autorickshaw, may be linked to the Islamic State, at least ideologically, according to investigators. The police have searched at least seven places in …

Mangaluru auto-rickshaw blast: Karnataka CM says suspect had terror links
2 years, 1 month ago

Mangaluru auto-rickshaw blast: Karnataka CM says suspect had terror links

Live Mint  

A day after a blast occurred inside an autorickshaw in Mangaluru, leaving the passenger and the driver injured, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on 20 November said the suspect who allegedly carried out a bomb explosion had terror links. Bommai, citing the preliminary information, said that the alleged suspect had travelled to various places, including Coimbatore in neighbouring Tamil Nadu. …

Mangaluru Blast Updates: NIA to Probe Case as Terror Angle Suspected; Accused Was Arrested in Lashkar Case 3 Years Ago
2 years, 1 month ago

Mangaluru Blast Updates: NIA to Probe Case as Terror Angle Suspected; Accused Was Arrested in Lashkar Case 3 Years Ago

News 18  

Mangaluru Blast Updates: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday claimed that the Mangaluru auto blast incident had?terror links?, while Police revealed that the accused, identified as Mohammad Shariq, who was injured in the incident, was arrested three years ago in a Lashkar case. Karnataka ADGP Alok Kumar visited Mangaluru autorickshaw blast site on Sunday, and said there are no …

Coimbatore blast: NIA conducts raids in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore blast: NIA conducts raids in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday conducted raids in multiple locations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in connection with the Coimbatore blast, in which one person was charred to death after an LPG cylinder inside a vehicle he was driving exploded near a temple on October 23. Jameesha Mubin, who was questioned by the NIA in 2019 for alleged terror …

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 Blast Case: NIA Conducts Searches at Multiple Locations in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore Blast Case: NIA Conducts Searches at Multiple Locations in Tamil Nadu

News 18  

The 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 …

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 …

Coimbatore car blast | Financial transactions of the accused persons and kin under the scanner
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Financial transactions of the accused persons and kin under the scanner

The Hindu  

The investigation into the recent car blast in front of the Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore will cover the financial transactions of the seven known accused and their relatives, sources in the police department said. The financial transactions came under the scanner as the investigators wanted to check whether the accused persons received any financial support from others. The police sources …

Coimbatore Blast Was Planned as 'Biggest ISIS Attack' on Hindus: Intel Sources
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore Blast Was Planned as 'Biggest ISIS Attack' on Hindus: Intel Sources

News 18  

The Coimbatore blast on October 23, in which a 25-year-old man was killed after an explosion in a car near the famous Eeswaran temple in Ukkadam, was planned as the “biggest Islamic State or ISIS attack", sources told CNN-News18. According to the arrested accused, they had made a big team of possible attackers and were also studying the impact of …

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 hand over documents of the case to NIA
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Police hand over documents of the case to NIA

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore City police consolidated all the documents and evidence related to the car blast case and handed them over to the team of officials from the National Investigation Agency on Saturday, said Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan. Temporary office of NIA opened in Coimbatore A temporary office for the NIA was opened on the premises of the Coimbatore City Armed …

Coimbatore Car Blast: Litigant Approaches Madras HC Challenging BJP Bandh On October 31
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore Car Blast: Litigant Approaches Madras HC Challenging BJP Bandh On October 31

Live Law  

A litigant has approached the Madras High Court against the alleged call for Bandh in the Coimbatore District by the Bharatiya Janata Party following the Car Cylinder Blast that happened on 23rd October. Senior Advocate Mr. V Prakash appearing for the petitioner Mr Venkatesh, a resident of Coimbatore submitted before a bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy. …

Coimbatore blast: TN Police says Annamalai trying to divert probe, BJP leader reacts
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore blast: TN Police says Annamalai trying to divert probe, BJP leader reacts

India Today  

Tamil Nadu police on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party state president K Annamalai of trying to divert the probe being conducted in the October 23 car blast in Coimbatore. Issuing an official statement, Tamil Nadu Police said that Annamalai was trying to divert the probe by expressing opinions about materials that were seized from the spot where the blast …

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 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 …

Coimbatore car blast | Parties criticise BJP's use of bandh as a political tool
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Parties criticise BJP's use of bandh as a political tool

The Hindu  

Leaders of political parties, including the constituents of the ruling DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance and Muslim outfits, have criticised the BJP’s perceived attempt to politicise the Coimbatore car blast, in which a Muslim youth, suspected to be the mastermind behind an alleged terror plot, was killed. VCK MLA Aloor Shanawaz said the Muslim community in Coimbatore had shown its commitment …

Coimbatore car blast | I have not given any bandh call in Coimbatore on October 31, BJP T.N. unit chief Annamalai tells Madras High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | I have not given any bandh call in Coimbatore on October 31, BJP T.N. unit chief Annamalai tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

BJP State president K. Annamalai on Friday told the Madras High Court that he had not given any call for a bandh in Coimbatore on October 31. The Bench wrote that no interim order was required in the present case, since the party’s State president had denied having given any call for a bandh, and the State, too, had submitted …

Coimbatore car blast | BJP will observe bandh in Coimbatore on October 31 as planned, says BJP women’s wing chief Vanathi Srinivasan
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | BJP will observe bandh in Coimbatore on October 31 as planned, says BJP women’s wing chief Vanathi Srinivasan

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party will go ahead with its bandh call in Coimbatore on October 31 as announced earlier, said Vanathi Srinivasan, the BJP’s national women’s wing president, and Coimbatore south MLA, on Friday. Ms. Srinivasan said, in a statement, that the bandh was announced to press the party’s demand that terrorism should be put down with an iron hand. …

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 a 'terror attack', enemies trying to create issues for India, says TN governor
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast a 'terror attack', enemies trying to create issues for India, says TN governor

India Today  

Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi has called the Coimbatore cylinder blast a “terror attack.” He added that the adversaries to the nation are trying to create issues for India through such incidents. Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi in his speech said, “Our adversaries don't like our progress. The Bharat of today is not what it was a few years back …

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 …

NIA’s investigation will be impartial, says Tamilisai Soundararajan - The Hindu
2 years, 1 month ago

NIA’s investigation will be impartial, says Tamilisai Soundararajan - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency would conduct an impartial investigation into the Coimbatore car blast case, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said here on Thursday. Addressing the media at Coimbatore International Airport, Ms. Soundararajan said though the person who died in the blast was already under investigation by the NIA, the State police could have monitored his activities more closely. The case …

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