It’s considered to be high-value ISIS target in South and Central Bharat, Abdul Mateen Taha, the mastermind behind Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Café blast, planned his escape as a nationwide manhunt to nab him and the other two accused ensued over the span of one and half months since the blast.
According to the media sources, Taha charged his name twice while he was on the run. In a bid to escape the authorities, he had changed his name to Vignesh in Chennai and Anmol Kulkarni in Kolkata.
Mussavir Hussain Shazib, the other bomber, had changed his name to Mohammed Junaid Syed in Chennai and Yushu Shahnawaz Patil in Kolkata, highly-placed sources in the agency revealed. Following the blast, Taha had planned his escape route from Tamil Nadu.
The Chennai connection before the blast had surfaced earlier as the cap worn by one of the bombers and dumped near the blast site gave it away. Taha had also planned the escape route for Shazib after scanning through the entry and exit points of the hotel, where he was staying in Bengaluru.
Taha further instructed Shazib not to travel from Bengaluru to Kolkata using any train or plane. He had warned his fellow accused that there will be intense monitoring in these areas by the agencies and will foil their plans to escaping and getting away.
Taha had introduced Muzammil Shareef, another key conspirator in the case, to Shazib. Taha had instructed Shareef to fetch the materials required for the IED. Shareef had assembled the parts of the IED before handing it over to Taha under the instruction of Taha. Taha was one who had convinced Shazib to plan the bomb at the café. In a bid to determine the blind spots, Taha had also conducted a recee of the area. From cash to communications, Shareef had handled all the logistics, He was arrested last month.
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