BJP worker Sai Prasad linked to Rameshwaram Cafe blast case: What we know so far?

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famous Rameshwaram cafe in Bengaluru had injured at least 10 people on March 1. Prasad allegedly had contacts with suspects in Thirthahalli andChikkamagaluru. He is a BJP worker fromThirthahalli town in Shimoga district, according to several reports.

Prasad, who works as a painter also deals in used mobile phones. He is said to be in touch with two youths whose houses and mobile phone shop in Thirthahalli were raided last week by the NIA. Reports suggested that Prasad had sold an old mobile phone to the mobile shop under NIA scanner.

Also Read: Bengaluru blast: How a techie escaped Rameshwaram Cafe mishap minutes before the explosion, ‘My mother called…’ The shop owner had then sold it to Muzamil Shareef of Chikkamagaluru who is in NIA custody. Muzamil was in constant touch with the key accused in the case. Shareef, the key conspirator, was arrested by the NIA following raids across multiple locations in three states in the case on March 26.

He was picked up as a co-conspirator as the NIA teams cracked down at 18 locations, including 12 in Karnataka, five in Tamil Nadu and one in Uttar Pradesh. Prasad is likely to be made a witness in the case, reports said. Prasad's link with the BJP has not not been official established.

Karnataka’s Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao was among the first to allege that ‘BJP worker’ Sai Prasad was detained in connection with the case. He quoted a media report published in Public TV in his post on X. “Do you need any more proof than this that the saffron terrorism that the BJP is running in the state in the name of religious protection is creating serious problems? What does the central BJP, which is imposing RSS ideologies on the country, say to this?, " Rao asked.