One of the charge sheeted persons, Mohamed Shariq, had been carrying the pressure cooker IED in an auto-rickshaw when it exploded on November 19, 2022 | Latest News India
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against two individuals in connection with the Islamic State-sponsored pressure cooker blast that occurred in Mangaluru, Karnataka, in November of the previous year. One of the accused, Mohamed Shariq, intended to plant the improvised explosive device (IED) at the Kadri Manjunatha Temple to create terror among Hindus, but the low-intensity bomb accidentally exploded on the way.
On April 8, 2023, the Assam Police arrested three active suspects linked to the banned Islamist radical Popular Front of India (PFI) and its student wing, Campus Front of India (CFI), from the Barpeta District of Assam. The arrestees were identified as PFI ‘state secretary’ Zakir Hussain, PFI cadre Abu Sama, and CFI National Treasurer Shahidul Islam. INR 150,000 in cash, four mobile phones and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) leaflets, were recovered from them.