Coimbatore blast: NIA searches multiple locations in TN
Apart from Chennai, Coimbatore, Thiruvallur, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, one location in Palakkad district of Kerala was also searched.
Apart from Chennai, Coimbatore, Thiruvallur, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, one location in Palakkad district of Kerala was also searched.
Tamil Nadu police have so far arrested six people in connection with the Coimbatore car blast case, and have invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
The NIA team that arrived in Coimbatore has already conducted a preliminary investigation and has gathered a lot of information on the background.
The questioning of Abdul Khader, state general secretary of the 'Islamiya Prachara Peravai', and another person Mohammed Hussein Manpai, which commenced on Thursday evening, is continuing.
The sources added that the police have already zeroed in on some persons who had given logistical and other support to the accused in the case.
The conversation was allegedly between Mohammed Rafiq, who has completed a jail term in the 1998 blast case and a transport contractor Prakash.
