Mysuru court blast: NIA court convicts 3 suspects

BENGALURU: A special court for National Investigating Agency (NIA) in Bengaluru on Friday held three men guilty of planting an improvised explosive device inside the court in Chamarajapuram, Mysuru, in August 2016. The quantum of punishment will be announced on Monday.
The IED, packed in a cooker, had exploded inside a toilet at around 4:30pm, leaving a girl injured.
The convicted are prime accused Nainar Abbas Ali alias Library Ali, 28, M Samsum Karim alias Abdul Karim, 23, and Dawood Sulaiman, 23, all three from Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Special public prosecutor P Prasanna Kumar said prime suspect Nainar Abbas Ali had in 2015 formed the terror organisation — Base Movement — on the lines of international terror outfit Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden. Kumar said he has sought life imprisonment for the convicts.
In all, five suspects were arrested. One turned an approver, while charges were dropped against another citing lack of evidence.