Mohammed Shariq

With the identity of the suspect being established in the Mangaluru blast case, police from Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Mysuru, Coimbatore and the central agencies are probing the forward and backward linkages of mohammed shariq, 24, from Soppugudde in Thirthahalli town of Shivamogga district.

Mangaluru blast case suspect mohammed shariq has been shifted to Bengaluru on Saturday.

A little-known radical Islamic outfit has claimed responsibility for the Mangaluru autorickshaw blast and said the target of the botched operation was a temple in the coastal city.

Mangaluru city police handed over the case pertaining to the blast in a moving autorickshaw, that injured the driver Purushothama K and passenger as well as accused mohammed shariq, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Thursday.

More than two days after a low-intensity blast inside an autorickshaw in Mangaluru, which the Karnataka DGP described as an “act of terror”, police on Monday established the identity of the passenger travelling in the three-wheeler as mohammed shariq, 24, from Shivamogga district’s

A team from the city police has left for Mangaluru to collect more information about mohammed shariq, the prime suspect in the autorickshaw blast that took place in the coastal city of Karnataka on November 19.

A little-known radical Islamic outfit has claimed responsibility for the Mangaluru autorickshaw blast and said the target of the botched operation was a temple in the coastal city.

Shivamogga resident Arafath Ali, a key IS terror conspirator, was arrested by NIA at Delhi airport Thursday. Meanwhile, a team from Ranchi visited Shahapur in Yadgir and questioned a man for his alleged links with IS operatives.

Former MLA JR Lobo alleged that due to the negligence of the BJP government and police, the autocrickshaw blast occurred in Mangaluru. He took the government to task, for the police department not keeping an eye on accused mohammed shariq, who was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act earlier.

mohammed shariq, the arrested terror suspect in the Mangaluru blast, had identified himself as Premraj and provided a forged Aadhaar card to get admission at a city-based institute offering mobile repair training.

mohammed shariq, the suspect in the Mangaluru blast case, is recovering and responding to treatment, said police sources. Shariq sustained 45% burns in the blast that was reported on November 19.

A special team of Mangaluru police carried out searches in the lodges on Nethaji Road in Madurai city on Friday and Saturday where H mohammed shariq, the mastermind of Mangaluru autorickshaw blast, is believed to have stayed for a day in September. Mangaluru city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar told TOI they suspect Shariq might have stayed in Tamil Nadu for around 8-10 days.

The low-intensity blast in Mangaluru brought to light the extensive network that the accused – mohammed shariq – had been a part of, besides revealing the modus operandi he employed to stay undetected by the law enforcement authorities.

A mangaluru autorickshaw driver was discharged from the hospital on Saturday after sustaining burns in the cooker blast that he was in on November 19. The driver's father is a doctor at a medical college hospital and he has recovered completely. The family was happy to receive him home. The driver was treated for burns after a cooker blast was reported in his moving autorickshaw on November 19. The doctors have asked him to remain indoors for at least a month to avoid infection. Meanwhile, the Gurubeladingalu Foundation led by R Padmaraj is undertaking the repair of the driver's house. The National Investigation Agency is probing the mangaluru cooker blast case and terror suspect mohammed shariq was shifted to Bengaluru on December 17. A cooker bomb that the accused Shariq was carrying had exploded in the moving autorickshaw at Nagori in the city.

Following the recent blast in an autorickshaw in the city, and the social media posts indicating that the Kadri Manjunatha Temple was one of the targets, the temple authorities have requested the Mangaluru city police to provide security to the temple.

Five mechanical and electrical engineers, among the nine accused chargesheeted by NIA in the IS Shivamogga conspiracy case, were asked by their foreign-based handler to pursue a course in robotics to pick up skills to carry out terrorist attacks as part of terror group Islamic State's subversive agenda for India.

mohammed shariq, prime accused in the Mangaluru autorickshaw blast case, was shifted to Bengaluru on Saturday.

The accused in Mangaluru blast case, mohammed shariq, had stayed in Aluva police station limits for four days before the incident, district police chief (Ernakulam rural) Vivek Kumar said.

A decision on whether to hand over the Mangaluru autorickshaw blast case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be taken in the next couple of days, said home minister Araga Jnanendra.

A three-member team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing terror-linked cases in Karnataka arrived in Shivamogga on Saturday to probe the role of mohammed shariq and his aides, who allegedly have affiliation with or sympathetic to Islamic State (IS)

The Karnataka government on Thursday issued an order to hand over the investigation into Mangaluru blast case to the National Investigation Agency. The state has written to the ministry of home affairs recommending an NIA probe into the case.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two more terror operatives in connection with the mangaluru cooker blast case. The duo, identified as Mazin Abdul Rahman from Permannur in Mangaluru and Nadeem Ahmed Ka from Devenayakanahalli in Honnali of Davanagere district, were arrested on September 19, 2022. They are said to have radicalized and recruited the arrested duo. The Congress was running its office out of a building owned by relatives of mangaluru blast suspect mohammed shariq. BJP leader Amit Malviya said it was “not surprising” that a “congress link” emerges with the mangaluru cooker blast terror case. Former Karnataka minister Kimmane Ratnakar said officials asked only about the rent agreement. Ratnakar, who is a former MLA of Thirthahalli, said Congress has taken the property on lease for eight years and deposited Rs 20 lakh.

In an alleged bid to mislead investigators about his identity, the prime suspect in the Mangaluru autorickshaw blast, H mohammed shariq, had kept the photograph of Coimbatore's iconic Adiyogi statue as a WhatsApp display picture (DP) on his mobile phone. Though he had stayed for three days in Coimbatore, he never visited Isha Yoga Centre where the statue is installed, police said.

The state government formally handed over investigation into the Mangaluru blast case to National Investigation Agency (NIA) by issuing an order on Thursday.