Coimbatore Car Blast: NIA Files Supplementary Chargesheet Against Five Accused

The victim parked his car in front of Sangameswarar Temple to avoid police patrol and suddenly the car exploded in a blast triggered by one of the two LPG cylinders kept in the vehicle.

A case was registered at Ukkadam police station but the investigation was later handed over to NIA on November 27. ( Image Source :PTI )

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said it has filed supplementary chargesheet against five accused in the Coimbatore car bomb blast that took place in October last year.

The blast that took place a day after Diwali shook the residents of Kottaimedu in Coimbatore. Jameesha Mubin, the victim, parked his car in front of Sangameswarar Temple to avoid police patrol and suddenly the car exploded in a blast triggered by one of the two LPG cylinders kept in the vehicle on October 23, 2022, according to reports.

After this, a case was registered at Ukkadam police station but the investigation was later handed over to NIA on November 27. The police also seized incriminating documents in the searches. 

The NIA had conducted raids at multiple locations across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala in connection with the blast case. The raids are conducted in over 60 places.

In November last year, the NIA also raided 43 locations in eight districts of Tamil Nadu in connection with the case. The NIA raided Chennai, Coimbatore, Thiruvallur, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram and Nagapattinam districts in Tamil Nadu. They also searched a location in Palakkad district of Kerala.

Earlier in March, NIA conducted raids at five locations in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in connection with the probe into the terror module Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) for blasts in Coimbatore and Mangaluru.

Following up on leads, the central probe agency searched the house of suspects Talha Khan in Pune and Akram Khan in Seoni (Madhya Pradesh).

The case was first registered by Delhi Police Special Cell after the arrest of Kashmiri couple Jahanzaib Sami Wani and his wife Hina Bashir Beigh from Okhla in Delhi. The couple was found to be affiliated to the ISKP. During probe, NIA discovered the role of another accused Abdullah Basith, who is already lodged in Tihar jail in another case.