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Man who planted bomb at Mangalore airport gets nabbed, police interrogating terror suspect

BENGALURU: The man who had planted a bomb at the Mangalore airport in Karnataka has been nabbed finally, said the police on Wednesday.

The suspect, Aditya Rao, has been arrested. He is in custody and is being interrogated. Rao had planted the bomb on January 20. The IED was placed in a bag that was left on the airport premises. He was wearing a cap and had left the airport in an auto-rickshaw.

Rao, who hails from Udupi, was identified on the basis of the CCTV footage. After the bag containing the device was found, the special squad team triggered a controlled blast in an open field to defuse it.

The local police are now interrogating him to find out how he learnt assembling the device. Also, his links are being probed. The man had reportedly had a brush with law in the past as well. Rao is now in the custody of Mangalore police and the interrogation is on.

[January 22, 2020 NewsBits.in]

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Carbine used to fire at jeweller was robbed from UP MLA's gunman

CHHINDWARA: The carbine that was used to fire at a jeweller and later others in Chhindwara in MP, belonged to a UP legislator's gunman and had been looted.

This has been revealed during the course of investigation. The jeweller has survived and the shooter has been arrested. However, it was found that he had got it from the gunman of a UP MLA, sometime ago. 

The incident had occurred in Chhindwara. An armed man carrying the submachine gun stormed into jeweller's showroom, shot him in the stomach. When others came, he fired in the air. He tried to run away but because motorcycle couldn't start, he failed to escape and was overpowered by the crowd.

The injured jeweller is undergoing treatment. The goon was carrying a machine gun, carbine. The accused, Sandeep Kumar, had fired thrice. He had ntered Durga Shree jewellers, carrying the carbine. asking jeweller to hand over ornaments.

When the jeweller refused Sandeep Kumar began firing, one of the bullets hit the victim, Sohan Tamrakar, 32, in the stomach.The goon ran out and kicked the bike but after multiple attempts bike didn't start and people with lathis attacked him.

He was caught and handed to police, later. Now, he is being quizzed and a team is arriving from UP to ask about the procurement of the looted carbine. Investigation is on in the case. 

[January 18, 2023 NewsBits.in]

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