The Rameshwaram Cafe blast that shook the IT capital of India has found its suspect. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has confirmed that the blast was caused by an IED. The man who carried out the operation has been identified on the CCTV.
The accused ordered an Idli from the cafe but left the cafe without eating after leaving his bag there. The bag reportedly contained the IED with a timer set for an hour. The suspect has been identified as a man of 28 to 30 years of age.
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said, “It was a bomb blast with a low intensity or impact. The man had fixed a timer for the blast to happen after one hour.” An officer added that the bag was lying behind a woman sitting along with six other customers.
The BJP hinted at a possible failure of police intelligence as the blast took place at the heart of the city. However, the Karnataka government said, there should be no politics over the incident.
The names of the nine people injured in the blast are Farooq (19), Srinivas (67), Deepanshu (23), Navya (25), Swarnamba (49), Balaram Krishna (31), Mohan (41), Momi (30) and Nagashree (35).