Two more CCTV footage accessed by India Today have revealed that the Bengaluru bomb blast suspect was inside the cafe for only nine minutes.
Various surveillance footage has emerged since the March 1 explosion at Bengaluru’s popular Rameshwaram cafe in which around 10 people were wounded, including staff and customers.
Based on the footage, here’s the timeline that has been established:
11.10 am: The suspect, wearing a grey shirt, white cap, and a mask gets off a bus.
11.34 am: He enters the cafe, carrying a bag, purportedly consisting of the Intensive Explosive Device (IED)
11.38 am: The suspect is seen holding a plate of rava idli with a bag on his shoulder
11.44 am: He did not eat the food but was seen at the wash basin closet, and exits the cafe
11.50 am: The suspect is seen walking on the road, checking his watch
12.56 pm: The explosive goes off at the cafe
On Monday, CCTV footage showed the suspect getting down from a bus near the Rameshwaram Cafe and he had his face covered with a white handkerchief. He was also seen wearing a cap, mask and glasses inside the popular eatery, located in Bengaluru’s Brookefied area.
The police have prepared a route map on the blast suspect around the cafe through CCTV, and are scanning the footage. Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara earlier said that they had secured 40-50 CCTV footage of the blast, assuring the arrest of the accused soon.
The Bengaluru Police has made a route map of the suspect around the Rameshwaram Cafe through CCTV. They are scanning the footage of that route. Using CCTV route mapping, the police are trying to find out which path the suspect took to reach the cafe and by which route to go back.
On Sunday, Bengaluru police went to the Rameshwaram Cafe and seized a digital video recorder (DVR). They also scanned the surveillance footage in shops near the eatery.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the accused has been identified on CCTV footage, and is aged around 28 to 30, according to him.
The Bengaluru Police lodged a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Explosives Substances Act in connection with the blast.
Earlier in the day, the Home Ministry handed over the probe into the cafe blast to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The anti-terror agency has registered the case.