Mangaluru Blast: Unknown Islamic Group Takes Responsibility, Cops Verifying

Thursday, 24 November 2022newsdesk

A man who was carrying a crude bomb that exploded in an autorickshaw in Karnataka's Mangaluru last Saturday was to target the famous Manjunath Temple in Kadri, according to "a letter claiming responsibility", sources in the police today said.

New Delhi 24 November 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The letter, which is being verified, is on a letterhead of a group that calls itself 'Islamic Resistance Council', which the police said they hadn't heard of so far. Treating the blast as "an act of terror", police have arrested the accused, Shareeq, 29, who was injured in the blast and remains in hospital. The blast took place in the communally charged coastal town of Mangaluru, 370 km from state capital Bengaluru, months ahead of the state assembly elections. The letter, which also carries a threat to senior police officer Alok Kumar, was received by the Intelligence Department, police said.

Source - NDTV