In a breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday detained a man in connection with Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast from Ballari, Karnataka. It is the first detention of a man in Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe after weeks of manhunt by the NIA. NIA had announced a Rs 10 lakh cash reward for anyone who share details of Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast accused. Not only this, NIA had shared multiple CCTVs and photos of Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast accused.
As per a newswire, "National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained one Shabbir from Ballari in Karnataka in connection with Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast case. He is still being questioned in the case. It is yet to be ascertained whether he is the same man caught on CCTV."
Going by a journalist named Ashwani Srivatava on X, "Mohammad Sabir has been arrested by NIA in connection with the Bengaluru Blast case at Rameshwaram Cafe..Mohammad Sabir was identified through a DNA test conducted on a hair strand found in his cap, which was discarded outside a Mosque."
Rameshwaram Cafe Blast
Rameshwaram Cafe is located at Brookfield locality in the Whitefield area which houses many well-known IT companies in Bengaluru. Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara earlier said that the NIA has got a vital clue in connection with the blast that took place at the Rameshwaram Cafe here on March 1 in the Whitefield area. Parameshwara further said that the case is being jointly probed by the NIA and the Special Wing of the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru Police.