Venkatesh Prasanna arrests two more suspects in Malleswaram blast case

Bengaluru, Mar 23: The Central Crime Branch police has arrested two persons on terror charges from Tamil Nadu in connection with the Malleswaram blast that took place on April 17, 2013.

A police team, headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Venkatesh Prasanna, brought the accused — Syed Ali Ansar and Nasir Mustak Pasha, natives of Tiruvallur near Chennai — to the city.

A senior CCB police officer said the accused were arrested on the charges of having supplied explosives. The special team was sent to Chennai, based on a tip off. The accused were produced before a court and taken into police custody for seven days for interrogation.

Fourteen accused were arrested earlier by Tamil Nadu and Bengaluru police and the city police has filed a chargesheet on the case. Among them, Panna Ismail, Bilal Malik and Fukruddin were arrested by the Tamil Nadu police at Puttur, Andhra Pradesh. The chargesheet was submitted to the First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court here in October 2013.

The chargesheet contained 7,445-pages of three volumes; 260 witnesses were examined and 201 documents collated.

Seventeen people, including 11 policemen and a college student, were injured when the blast occurred near the BJP's office in Malleswaram. The explosive was fixed to a motorcycle with ammonium nitrate while the motorcycle itself was used as a projectile to cause destruction.

Names of the accused in the chargesheet: Basheer (30), Kichan Buhari (38), Sait Azgar Ali ( 29), Rehamathulla, Valayil Hakeem (32), Syed Suleman (24), Suleman (31), Zulfikar Ali (24), Mohammed Salin (30), Panna Ismail (38), Bilal Malik (25), Fakruddin (38), Pravai Basha and Ali Khan Kutti.

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