The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches across Tamil Nadu in connection with the Coimbatore car blast case. The searches began at 6 am at 40 locations, including 30 in Coimbatore, eight in Chennai, and two in Madurai, as per The Indian Express.
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The searches were also carried out at Kottaimedu, Ukkadam, Ponvizhanagar and Rathinapuri as part of the state-wide searches by a team that arrived from Chennai and Kochi, the police said. The NIA is searching the properties of the suspects and supporters related to the blast.
On October 23, an LPG cylinder exploded inside a Maruti 800 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu at around 4:30 am. The explosion occurred near the Kottai Eswaran temple, killing a 25-year-old man, identified as Jameza Mubin.
The NIA, India’s primary counter-terrorist task force, on October 27, took over the Coimbatore car blast case investigation by registering an FIR.
Tamil Nadu | National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids underway at 45 locations in the state in connection with the Coimbatore car blast case that took place on October 23rd: Sources
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What did NIA find?
The city police investigating the case had seized 75 kg of explosives, documents from Jameesha Mubin, who died in the explosion on October 23, including the drawing of a flag resembling that of ISIS and wordings like those who touched Allah’s name will be uprooted.
“All of the individuals being searched were in contact with
Jameesha Mubin. We are looking into what led them to communicate frequently with Mubeen,” an officer said.
Coimbatore car blast case: NIA raids underway at 45 locations across Tamil Nadu
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Arrests so far
Police also arrested six associates of Mubin, who had helped him to purchase explosives on e-commerce platform and transport them from his rented house to another house.
The explosion was termed as ‘lone wolf’ attack, police said.
The targets of the searches were said to be some suspects who had connections with a few banned organisations, police said.
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