Coimbatore car blast | Police search residence of key suspect’s kin

COIMBATORE

The police on Wednesday searched the residence of a relative of Jameesha Mubin, the suspected mastermind of the car blast in front of the Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore.

Police sources said the investigating team had questioned the 28-year-old man, from Vincent Road, for several hours, based on which his residence was searched. A laptop was seized from the house and sent for cyber analysis, the sources added.

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While Mubin was killed in the blast on October 23, five of his associates – Muhammad Thalha, 25, Muhammad Azharudheen, 23, Muhammad Riyas, 27, Firoz Ismail, 27, and Muhammad Nawaz Ismail, 27 – were arrested the following day.

A senior officer said the police were looking into various aspects of the car explosion, especially the network of people involved in the incident.

It is suspected that more people were involved in the procurement of raw materials such as potassium nitrate, aluminium powder, sulphur and charcoal, which were found at Mubin’s residence.

Meanwhile, officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), who were camping in Coimbatore, held discussions with the police officers involved in the investigation.