There seems to be link between Mangaluru cooker blast and Bengaluru cafe explosion: Karnataka Dy CM
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said there seems to be a link between the blast at the city's popular eatery Rameshwaram Cafe, and the cooker explosion that took place in the coastal city of Mangaluru in 2022, and all angles are being looked into by the police. He said the government is committed for a fair probe, and police have been given a free hand to investigate the incident at the quick-service eatery in Brookefield area in information technology corridor in east Bengaluru that left ten people injured
«There seems to be a link between Mangaluru incident and this incident, according to police officers… materials used (for explosions), we can see a similarity, we can see a link, timer and other things,» Shivakumar said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said police officers from Mangaluru and Shivamogga too have come here, and all angles are being looked into.
«There is no reason for Bengalurians to worry, it was low intensity blast, it was prepared locally… but sound was big. Culprit's face is visible from all angles despite him wearing cap or specs. From three-four angles he is seen. Cameras have captured him walking too,» added Shivakumar, who is also Bengaluru City Development Minister.
In Mangaluru, an improvised explosive device (IED) kept inside a pressure cooker accidentally went off when it was being taken in an auto rickshaw in November, 2022. Probe into the blast had revealed that the IED was meant to be planted at the Kadri Manjunatha temple.
Investigators had found that
