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Five more held in Bangalore blast case

May 06, 2013 20:07 IST
By Vipin Vijayan

Five more persons have been arrested in connection with with the April 17 blast near the Bharatiya Janata Party office in Bangalore that left 16 persons injured.

The five persons who allegedly provided logistics for the blasts were picked up from Coimbatore. The number of arrests has now gone up to 10. Police sources from Bangalore say that the five persons are being interrogated for their role in the case.

“Prima facie it appears that they had provided logistics and were part of the Al-Umma outfit which carried out the deadly Coimbatore blasts a few years ago,” said a source.

“Al-Umma has been in revival mode and Bangalore blasts were a way to announce the same,” an Intelligence Bureau official pointed out.

Vipin Vijayan in Bangalore

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