New CCTV footage of Rameshwaram Cafe bomber emerges

A new CCTV footage of the alleged Rameshwaram Cafe bomber has come to the fore. The video shows the suspect boarding a Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus.

The suspect is seen wearing a cap, a face mask and glasses. He was seen adorned in black pants and a greyish-green button-up shirt.

The man, believed to be aged between 30 and 40 years, is the prime suspect in the low intensity blast that occurred at the Whitefield area's popular eatery on March 1.

The National Investigation Agency, which is probing the case, on March 6 announced a Rs 10 lakh cash reward for the information on the man. The authorities are yet to make any arrests.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said sleuths investigating into the blast have got certain "good leads'', reported PTI news agency.

He said the suspect is said to have travelled towards the district headquarters town of Tumakuru by a bus after the explosion, and officials are following the leads and verifying his movement till Ballari.

Investigation into March one blast, caused by an Improvised Explosive Device, at the quick-service eatery in Brookfield area in information technology corridor in east Bengaluru that left ten people injured, is being carried by the National Investigation Agency, which is being assisted by the Central Crime Branch of the Bengaluru police.

"We have got more important leads, as to the direction in which he (suspect) has gone and him having changed his clothes. Some information cannot be revealed. We have got good leads in the last couple of days. I feel that he will be nabbed at the earliest," Parameshwara told reporters.

"It is known that he has traveled by a bus, based on those leads officials are following up. They have got important leads," he said, adding that there are leads that the suspect travelled towards Tumakuru by a bus and officials were investigating it.

"Officials have checked footage, they have got certain leads. They are verifying from here till Ballari," he added.

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