Bengaluru : -Bomb goes off at a tech corridor and nine people were injured, three of them seriously. A timer operated bomb planted at a popular Rameshwaram Café exploded on Friday afternoon. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah it “ A Low intensity blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED). As latest information Late night cops detained a man for question. Siddaramaiah said, “Preliminary prob says it is a low-intensity blast… we will not spare anyone. After Mangalore blast, this is 2nd such incident, I urge the opposition to not politicize the issue”.
The IED placed allegedly by an undefined man who was ordered rava idly in a and in a 7 minutes visit, exploded at café in Brookfield, ITP road, when eatery was teeming with about 250 customers, mostly employees of software companies and financial services firms. According to information that suspect in mask gets down from bus at a stop in front of café and deposits bag allegedly containing bomb in hand-wash enclosure leaves café after eating rava idly and Bomb goes off.
Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said the Central Crime Branch has formed eight teams to arrest the suspect” The suspect has been identified. His facial features have been captured by CCTV cameras and the same are being matched using AI facial recognition technique to track him” He added.
Meantime Karnataka state BJP Unit president BY Vijayendra said “Government should order probe and spare not efforts in apprehending the perpetrators. We urge the police to eradicate such elements from the core without yielding to any political pressures”,.
Senior police officer described it as an act of terror and said they are trying to identify the module. Cops probing the blast are deploying AI powered facial recognition tech to identify the suspect. On likely reasons behind targeting Rameshwaram Café, an investigating police officer said the famed outlet has enough trappings to generate maximum Publicity.
