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’, at his house, another police team grilled Mohammed Hussein Manpai of Melapalayam. Mohammed Hussein, who is also associated with ‘Islamiya Prachara Peravai’, had served in a mosque in Coimbatore for a while, and is now running a travel agency and catering unit. “With the information extracted from the associates of Jamesha Mubin, the suspected mastermind who was killed in the blast, Abdul Khader and Mohammed Hussein are being questioned,” a police officer said.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

ISIS connection: NIA conducts raids at 60 locations in South Indian states
1 year, 10 months ago

ISIS connection: NIA conducts raids at 60 locations in South Indian states

Live Mint  

The National Investigation Agency is conducting about 60 searches across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as part of a broad crackdown on people with ties to the outlawed terrorist group ISIS. Jameza Mubeen, who had been questioned by the national anti-terror agency in 2019 for alleged ties to ISIS, was killed in the Coimbatore explosion in October 2022, according to …

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 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 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 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 | 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 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 …

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 …

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 car blast | Left parties allege intelligence failure
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore car blast | Left parties allege intelligence failure

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India have said that the Coimbatore car blast points to a failure of the Central intelligence agencies. Addressing the media, CPI State secretary K. Balakrishnan said when the person involved in the car blast was someone who had been questioned by the National Investigation Agency, the Central intelligence agencies, which …

NIA must first probe BJP leader Annamalai, says Minister Senthilbalaji
2 years, 1 month ago

NIA must first probe BJP leader Annamalai, says Minister Senthilbalaji

The Hindu  

Electricity, Excise and Prohibition Minister V. Senthilbalaji on Thursday said the National Investigation Agency must first probe BJP State president K. Annamalai in connection with the Coimbatore car blast case. Sameeran, Coimbatore City Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan, West Zone Inspector-General R. Sudhakar, Mayor A. Kalpana, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Commissioner M. Prathap and other officials on the law and order …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Attempt to create unrest, says Tamil Nadu minister as political battle ensues over Coimbatore car blast
2 years, 2 months ago

Attempt to create unrest, says Tamil Nadu minister as political battle ensues over Coimbatore car blast

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam minister V Senthilbalaji on Tuesday accused the opposition party leaders of “creating unrest” in Tamil Nadu after a political battle ensued over the Coimbatore car blast. On Sunday, a 25-year-old man was killed in a gas cylinder blast in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore. Reacting to the attack on the ruling party, DMK minister V Senthilbalaji stated that the …

5 arrested, UAPA invoked as police probe terror links in Coimbatore car blast case | Top points
2 years, 2 months ago

5 arrested, UAPA invoked as police probe terror links in Coimbatore car blast case | Top points

India Today  

A 25-year-old man was charred to death after a gas cylinder exploded inside his car near Kottai Eswaran temple in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Sunday. As the investigation into the cylinder blast case continues, the police recovered some low-intensive explosives during the search at Jameza’s house. Here are the top developments in the story: Tamil Nadu police recovered "low-intensive explosive …

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 …

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