New Delhi, Sep 9 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge sheet against four accused in Bengaluru's high-profile Rameshwaram Cafe blast case.
The accused -- Mussavir Hussain Shazib, Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taaha, Maaz Muneer Ahmed and Muzammil Shareef -- were earlier arrested and are currently in judicial custody, the NIA said in a statement.
Taaha and Shazib were funded by their handler through crypto currencies, it said.
The funds were used by the accused to perpetrate various acts of violence in Bengaluru, NIA investigations have revealed.
"These included a failed IED attack at the State BJP Office, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, on the day of Pran Pratishtha ceremony at Ayodhya on January 22, after which the two key accused had planned the Rameshwaram Cafe blast," the statement said.
The charge sheet was filed in a special NIA court in Bengaluru.
The IED explosion, which took place on March 1, this year at the Rameshwaram Cafe, Brookfield, ITPL Bengaluru, had left nine persons injured and extensively damaged the hotel property.
NIA, which started investigation in the case on March 3, conducted several technical and field investigations in coordination with various state police forces and other agencies.
The investigations revealed that Shazib was the man who had planted the bomb.
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