Get in, Place Bomb, Get Out: Bengaluru Cafe Blast Suspect in Fresh Videos
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New CCTV footage showed Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast suspect exiting the cafe. According to a timeline established based on multiple CCTV footage that has emerged, the suspect spent nine minutes inside the popular eatery.
Nine minutes was what it took for a masked man clad in a grey t-shirt and wearing a cap to plant an explosive device inside Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe. The device exploded on Friday, injuring 10 and leaving a trail of questions regarding the motive.
CCTV footage accessed by India Today TV in the aftermath of the March 1 Rameshwaram Cafe blast has established a timeline of roughly around two hours. In the videos, the Bengaluru blast suspect is seen getting off a bus, entering the cafe, ordering some food, and exiting the popular eatery. The videos showed that the man spent around nine minutes inside the café.
Based on the footage, here’s the timeline that has been established:
- 11.10 am: The suspect, wearing a grey shirt, white cap, and a mask gets off a bus.
- 11.34 am: He enters the cafe, carrying a bag, purportedly consisting of the Intensive Explosive Device (IED).
- 11.38 am: The suspect is seen holding a plate of rava idli with a bag on his shoulder.
- 11.44 am: He did not eat the food but was seen at the wash basin closet and exits the cafe.
- 11.50 am: The suspect is seen walking on the road, checking his watch.
- 12.56 pm: The explosive goes off at the cafe.
On Monday, CCTV footage showed the suspect getting down from a bus near the Rameshwaram Cafe, and he had his face covered with a white handkerchief. He was also seen wearing a cap, mask, and glasses inside the popular eatery, located in Bengaluru’s Brookefied area.
The police have prepared a route map of the blast suspect around the cafe through CCTV and are scanning the footage. Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara earlier said that they had secured 40-50 CCTV footage of the blast, assuring the arrest of the accused soon.
The Bengaluru Police has made a route map of the suspect around the Rameshwaram Cafe through CCTV. They are scanning the footage of that route. Using CCTV route mapping, the police are trying to find out which path the suspect took to reach the cafe and by which route to go back.
On Sunday, Bengaluru police went to the Rameshwaram Cafe and seized a digital video recorder (DVR). They also scanned the surveillance footage in shops near the eatery. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the accused has been identified on CCTV footage and is aged around 28 to 30, according to him.
The Bengaluru Police lodged a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Explosives Substances Act in connection with the blast.
Earlier in the day, the Home Ministry handed over the probe into the cafe blast to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The anti-terror agency has registered the case.
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