Bengaluru cafe blast: Suspect changed clothes, travelled by bus; new footage emerges

Also Read: NIA announces ₹10 lakh reward for tip on prime suspect

The investigation

Investigation into the 1 March blast, caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), at the quick-service eatery in Brookfield area in the information technology corridor in east Bengaluru that left ten people injured, is being carried out by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is being assisted by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru police.

“We have got more important leads, as to the direction in which he (suspect) has gone and him having changed his clothes. Some information cannot be revealed. We have got good leads in the last couple of days. I feel that he will be nabbed at the earliest,” Parameshwara told reporters.

“It is known that he has travelled by bus, based on those leads officials are following up. They have got important leads,” he said, adding that there are leads that the suspect travelled towards Tumakuru by bus and officials were investigating it.

“Officials have checked the footage, they have got certain leads. They are verifying from here till Ballari,” he added.

Meanwhile, new video footage of the suspect with a backpack, wearing a full-sleeved shirt, cap, facemask, and spectacles moving in the bus has surfaced. From the video, it seems that the suspect, after noticing the camera in the bus, moved in a direction where it did not cover him.

NIA has announced ₹10 lakh cash reward for information about the bomber.

Moving on from the incident, Rameshwaram Cafe, where the blast took place, is all set to reopen on Friday. Founders of Rameshwaram Cafe Divya Raghavendra Rao and Raghavendra Rao have invited Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar for the reopening on Friday.

(With PTI inputs)