CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against five accused in the Coimbatore car bomb blast case of October 2022, in which one person was killed.
The five men charge-sheeted on Friday have been identified as Umar Farooque, Feroze Khan, Mohamed Thoufeeq, Sheikh Hidayatullah, and Sanofar Ali. Six accused were earlier charge-sheeted by the NIA on 20th April 2023 under sections of the Unlawful Activities (prevention) Act and explosive substances act.
The case pertains to an explosion in front of the Arulmigu Kottai Sangameshwarar Thirukovil Temple at Eswaran Kovil Street in Ukkadam, Coimbatore, on October 23 last year. The car fitted with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was driven by one Jamesha Mubeen, a lone wolfer, who was reportedly inspired by hardcore ISIS ideology to commit this horrendous act of terror, stated an official release from the NIA
NIA had taken up investigations of the case on October 27, 2022, and has so far charge-sheeted 11 accused with the supplementary chargesheet filed on Friday. Investigations have revealed that Jamesha Mubeen, along with Mohammed Azharuddin, Umar Farooque, Sheikh Hidayathullah and Sanofer Ali, had conspired to carry out a series of suicidal terror attacks in Coimbatore city. The attack was intended to wreak revenge on the Kafirs (non-believers), as stated in one of the videos made a few days before the intended attack, the release claimed.