<p>The explosion in a moving autorickshaw in Mangaluru on Saturday evening was not accidental but “an act of terror” with the intention to cause serious damage, Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) Praveen Sood said on Sunday.</p>.<p>“Karnataka Police is probing deep into it along with central agencies,” Sood tweeted a day after the low-intensity blast near a police station.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said prima facie the incident looks like an act of terror and that the government will crack the case.</p>.<p>The suspect, identified as Shariq (23) from Teerthahalli, was travelling in an autorickshaw with a pressure cooker fitted with detonator, wires and batteries. Both Shariq and the auto driver are undergoing treatment in a hospital. Shariq suffered 60 per cent burns and is unable to speak.</p>.<p>Shariq, who was previously booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case related to objectionable graffiti in Mangaluru, was out on bail.</p>.<p>Talking to reporters in Ballari on Sunday, Bommai said an IED-like equipment was used in the incident. Upon checking the records of the individual, it was found that the Aadhaar card recovered from the spot was fake.</p>.<p>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other agencies have joined Karnataka Police in the probe.</p>.<p>Bommai said the suspect had travelled to several places, including Coimbatore, which points to a terror connection. Any links with the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) will be known after a thorough investigation.</p>.<p>Following the blast, an NIA team detained Ijaz Ahmed, a PFI leader, from Panemangalore in Bantwal taluk. Police sources told DH that Ahmed, who was released on bail a week ago, was on his way to board a flight to Dubai on Sunday.</p>.<p>A police team from Mangaluru, with help of Mysuru police, arrested another youth, Syed Ahmed. Sources said Syed Ahmed and Shariq together underwent training at a mobile phone centre in Agrahara in Mysuru. Syed had reportedly given more than 10 cellphones to the terror suspect.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, police said Shariq had stayed in a rented house in Mysuru from where they seized raw materials used for the bomb, including circuit board, battery, wires, pressure cooker etc, and two Aadhaar cards.</p>
<p>The explosion in a moving autorickshaw in Mangaluru on Saturday evening was not accidental but “an act of terror” with the intention to cause serious damage, Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) Praveen Sood said on Sunday.</p>.<p>“Karnataka Police is probing deep into it along with central agencies,” Sood tweeted a day after the low-intensity blast near a police station.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said prima facie the incident looks like an act of terror and that the government will crack the case.</p>.<p>The suspect, identified as Shariq (23) from Teerthahalli, was travelling in an autorickshaw with a pressure cooker fitted with detonator, wires and batteries. Both Shariq and the auto driver are undergoing treatment in a hospital. Shariq suffered 60 per cent burns and is unable to speak.</p>.<p>Shariq, who was previously booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case related to objectionable graffiti in Mangaluru, was out on bail.</p>.<p>Talking to reporters in Ballari on Sunday, Bommai said an IED-like equipment was used in the incident. Upon checking the records of the individual, it was found that the Aadhaar card recovered from the spot was fake.</p>.<p>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other agencies have joined Karnataka Police in the probe.</p>.<p>Bommai said the suspect had travelled to several places, including Coimbatore, which points to a terror connection. Any links with the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) will be known after a thorough investigation.</p>.<p>Following the blast, an NIA team detained Ijaz Ahmed, a PFI leader, from Panemangalore in Bantwal taluk. Police sources told DH that Ahmed, who was released on bail a week ago, was on his way to board a flight to Dubai on Sunday.</p>.<p>A police team from Mangaluru, with help of Mysuru police, arrested another youth, Syed Ahmed. Sources said Syed Ahmed and Shariq together underwent training at a mobile phone centre in Agrahara in Mysuru. Syed had reportedly given more than 10 cellphones to the terror suspect.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, police said Shariq had stayed in a rented house in Mysuru from where they seized raw materials used for the bomb, including circuit board, battery, wires, pressure cooker etc, and two Aadhaar cards.</p>