Bengaluru blast suspect changed clothes, travelled by bus, sleuths pursuing leads, says Karnataka Home Min

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Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said sleuths investigating into the blast at the city's popular eatery 'The Rameshwaram Cafe' last week have got certain "good leads'', as the prime suspect changed his clothes after the incident, and travelled by a bus..

He said the suspect is said to have travelled towards the district headquarters town of Tumakuru by a bus after the explosion, and officials are following the leads and verifying his movement till Ballari...

Investigation into the March 1 blast, caused by an Improvised Explosive Device, at the quick-service eatery in Brookfield area in information technology corridor in east Bengaluru that left ten people injured, is being carried by the National Investigation Agency, which is being assisted by the Central Crime Branch of the Bengaluru police...

They have got important leads," he said, adding that there are leads that the suspect travelled towards Tumakuru by a bus and officials were investigating it...

Meanwhile, new video footage of the suspect with a backpack, wearing a full sleeved shirt, cap, facemask, and spectacles moving in the bus has surfaced..