NIA raids two docs in TN for Bengaluru blast, arrests techie in AP

Hyderabad: NIA arrested a techie from Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district and a former convict who was in transit in Telangana in connection with the Rameshwaram cafe blast in Bengaluru on March 1. The probe agency also searched houses of two doctors in Coimbatore.
NIA sleuths searched the residence of a retired principal in Rayadurgam for several hours and detained his younger son, Sohail, who works as a software engineer in Bengaluru. Sources said large sums of money had been transferred to Sohail’s bank account. Sohail was shifted amid tight security to Rayadurgam police station where he was questioned over his alleged links with terror outfits.
The two doctors, Zafar Iqbal and Nayueem Siddique, hailed from Karnataka and have been undergoing training at a private hospital in Coimbatore for the past two years. NIA sleuths seized mobile phones and SIM cards from their houses.
NIA has conducted raids at 11 different locations across the country in this case. Searches are being carried out based on specific information gathered during the questioning of Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Abdul Matheen Taha, who are said to have masterminded the blast.
CCTV footage of the blast at the famous Rameswaram café showed a man leaving a bag near the cash counter, which later went off injuring several people. The suspect was later identified as Shazib.