Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Feb 16: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) intensified investigation into the cooker bomb blast that took place at Nagori near Kankanady in the city on November 19 last year. It carried out a search operation in Mysuru.

Mohammed Sharik, the accused in the cooker bomb blast was residing in a rented house at Mysuru. He had training in mobile technology also. He had a duplicate Aadhar card with him. It is learnt that some equipment and cash was confiscated from Mysuru by the NIA.

The NIA suspected that Sharik had contacts in Kerala from the time the bomb blast took place. Sleuths of NIA had raided various spots in Kerala and had gathered vital information. On Wednesday, the NIA raided four spots in Ernakulam and carried out a search operation.

Though Sharik was living in a rented house in Mysuru, he used to visit Kerala often and meet certain people. The NIA officers are investigating the case in this angle now.

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