Bengaluru Blast Linked to Coimbatore, Mangaluru Terror Cases? Probe Finds Similarities in Assembly of Timer Device

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 to a fair probe, and police have been given a free hand to investigate the incident at the quick-service eatery in the Brookefield area of the information technology corridor in east Bengaluru that left ten people injured.

"There seems to be a link between the 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," Mr Shivakumar said.