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Coimbatore car blast | Terror probe, politics and more

The mangled remains of a car that was gutted in an explosion triggered by a LPG cylinder near Kottai Eswaran Kovil Street in Coimbatore city on October 23, 2022. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

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Thaha Naseer of Madina Avenue at Thirumalai Nagar near Podanur who was arrested by the NIA for his alleged involvement in the October 2022 Coimbatore car blast

Coimbatore car blast | National Investigation Agency arrests 14th accused person

A police patrol vehicle in front of Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore on October 22, 2023

One year of Coimbatore car blast | Residents recall an explosion that woke them up to a terror-stricken day

K. Annamalai, T.N. BJP State president

T.N. BJP leader Annamalai opposes release of Coimbatore bomb blast case convicts

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NIA questions two accused in custody

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NIA arrest of key accused in Coimbatore car blast case a ‘black mark’ for T.N. Government, says Annamalai

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Top police officials inspecting the car which was gutted following an explosion in front of Kottai Eswaran Kovil in Coimbatore. File photo

One more suspect in Coimbatore car blast case arrested

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The accused, Mohammed Idris (25) of G.M. Nagar near Ukkadam in Coimbatore, was a close friend of Jameesha Mubin, the alleged mastermind of the car blast in front of the temple at Kottaimedu

NIA arrests 12th accused in Coimbatore car blast case

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After the car blast in Coimbatore on October 23 last year, personnel attached to the Intelligence Section and the Special Intelligence Cell were given training to update their skills in intelligence gathering.

Post car blast, police enhance intelligence network in Coimbatore

Police search houses of two men in Coimbatore for suspicious activities

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NIA officials taking the accused in the Coimbatore car blast case for interrogation near Ukkadam in Coimbatore. File photo

NIA files supplementary charge sheet against five accused persons in Coimbatore blast case

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Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu at the Kavundampalayam police station in Coimbatore on Friday.

DGP opens four new police stations in Coimbatore

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A vehicle-borne Improvised Explosives Device (V-IED) driven by Jameesha Mubeen had blown up in front of the temple. File

Coimbatore car blast mastermind wanted to orchestrate Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings-model attack: NIA chargesheet

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NIA officials taking the accused in the Coimbatore car blast case for interrogation in Ukkadam, Coimbatore. File

Coimbatore car blast | NIA files charge sheet against 6 persons

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Tamil Nadu DGP C. Sylendra Babu (second right) inspects the car, which was gutted following an explosion in front of Kottai Eswaran Kovil in Coimbatore. Photo: Special Arrangement

Coimbatore car blast was inspired by Sri Lanka Easter bombings: NIA

An NIA officer coming out of a house at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore last month, during the course of the investigation into the Coimbatore car blast. File

Coimbatore car blast | NIA gets custody of five accused persons, for seven days, for interrogation

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V. Balakrishnan, Commissioner of Police, in Coimbatore. File

Coimbatore, Mangaluru blasts | Police to examine claims made by Islamic State of Khorasan Province mouthpiece on attacks

Armed policemen deployed at the house of Manzoor at Karikathoppu near Tirunelveli Town even as an NIA team conducts a search inside on Wednesday morning.

NIA teams searches four places in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi districts

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NIA team searches coconut merchant’s house in Palani

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Coimbatore car blast | NIA conducts searches at Tiruchi

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NIA officers come out of a house at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore on February 15, 2023, as part of search being conducted in the wake of the car blast in front of Sangameswarar temple on October 23, 2022.

Coimbatore, Mangaluru blasts | NIA conducts searches in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka

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File photo of the October 23, 2022 car blast site in front of the Sangameswarar temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore disrtict

Coimbatore car blast | Seized explosive raw materials destroyed

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NIA officials bringing accused in the Coimbatore car blast for evidence collection near Ukkadam late on January 10, 2023. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Coimbatore car blast | Accused taken to Ukkadam for evidence collection

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According to the NIA, the accused had conspired for several months before executing the attack. File

Coimbatore car blast | NIA to interrogate six accused for 10 days

Sangameswarar Temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore. Representational image. File

Coimbatore car blast | NIA arrests two more for conspiracy

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Coimbatore car blast | NIA conducts field investigation for second day

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NIA officials interrogated the accused at G.M. Nagar on Sunday.

Coimbatore car blast | NIA conducts field investigation with five accused men

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City Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan (third right) at the new police outpost at Selvapuram in the city Wednesday.

New police outpost opened at Selvapuram in Coimbatore

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Following the October 23 blast, Coimbatore City Police had launched an investigation and had arrested six persons.

Coimbatore car blast | NIA arrests three more for conspiracy, notes on preparation of explosives

Police personnel escorting Kishore K. Swamy (third right) after he was produced before a court in Coimbatore on November 28, 2022. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Kishore K. Swamy questioned for his tweet on Coimbatore car blast

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V. Balakrishnan, Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City.

Coimbatore City Police to re-draw road map for policing for the next 25 years

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Coimbatore City Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan (left) addressing representatives of e-commerce and courier companies on Friday.

Police in Coimbatore ask e-commerce companies to tip-off them about purchase of explosive chemicals

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Man arrested for procuring raw materials for explosives online in Coimbatore

Scrap dealers attending a meeting called by authorities in Coimbatore on Thursday.

Car blast prompts authorities to tighten norms in scrap business in Coimbatore

National Investigation Agency officials leave a tenement at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore on November 10, 2022 after a visit as part of searches conducted in the wake of the car blast in front of Sangameswarar temple in the city on October 23, 2022.

Coimbatore car blast | Accused Jameesha Mubin planned suicide attacks, says NIA

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Officials from the NIA come out of a tenement at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore on Thursday, as part of searches being conducted in the wake of the recent car blast in front of Sangameswarar temple in the city on October 23.

Coimbatore car blast | NIA conducts searches across Tamil Nadu

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DGP C. Sylendra Babu, left, taking a look at the nails recovered from the blast site in Coimbatore on October 23.

Coimbatore car blast | Nail used as shrapnel turned fatal for Mubin

A police van with the six accused on board leaving the Coimbatore Central Prison on Monday.

6 Coimbatore car blast accused shifted to Puzhal Central Prison

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Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu inspects the car which was gutted following an explosion in front of a temple in Coimbatore. Photo: Special Arrangement

Coimbatore car blast | Two ACPs in charge of intelligence wing transferred

Kottai Easwaran Temple in Coimbatore. File.

Coimbatore City Police plan to create a tenant database

Jameesha Mubin, 29, was killed when an LPG cylinder in the car exploded at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore on October 23.

Coimbatore car blast | ‘Mubin learnt driving two months before the blast’

Law Minister S. Regupathy

Coimbatore car blast | We acted swiftly to prevent further untoward incidents, says Law Minister

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Kishore K. Swamy

Kishore K. Swamy booked for his tweet on Coimbatore car blast

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A drawing resembling the flag of the Islamic State found from the residence of Jameesha Mubin, the suspected mastermind of Coimbatore car blast.

Drawing resembling IS flag, scribblings on Jihad among materials seized from Jameesha Mubin’s house

Members of three mosques from Kottaimedu at a meeting with temple priest and Executive Officer of the Sangameswarar temple, in Coimbatore on Thursday

Coimbatore car blast | Jamaat members visit Sangameswarar temple, send out message of harmony

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Kottai Easwaran Temple in Coimbatore where a car blast claimed the life of 29-year-old Jamesha Mubin, a suspected mastermind on October 23. 2022. File

Coimbatore car blast | Financial transactions of the accused persons and kin under the scanner

Coimbatore car blast mastermind Jameesha Mubin’s residence in Coimbatore. Photo: Special Arrangement

Mothers of suspects arrested in Coimbatore car blast case claim they are innocent

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Police conduct search in Tiruchi based on inputs from NIA

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A police team at a tenement on Vincent Road in Coimbatore on Wednesday.

NIA team visits places near Coimbatore blast site; police search houses of persons on watch list

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According to Coimbatore City Police Commissioner, Mubin had made calls to bring his associates to his house on the pretext of seeking help for ailment.

Mastermind of Coimbatore blast used fake names while plotting attack, say police

Jameesha Mubin was among 150 persons on the watch list in Coimbatore. File

Jameesha Mubin was among 150 persons on watch list in Coimbatore

The city police conducted a surprise check at the homes of four Muslim men on Tuesday morning

Coimbatore car blast: Tension grips in Melapalayam following police search

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While one LPG cylinder in the car exploded, another one remained intact. Nails and glass marbles were found strewn around the blast site.

Materials seized from Coimbatore blast accused’s home included compounds not easily available

Congress observes multi-faith prayer meeting for peace in Coimbatore

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Tamil Nadu State BJP president K. Annamalai visiting the October 23 car blast site in front of Sangameswarar temple, in Coimbatore on October 31, 2022

Watch | Annamalai blames “systemic failure” in prevention of Coimbatore car blast

V S Palaniappan

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on October 31, 2022, felicitated 58 police officers and personnel, including Coimbatore Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan, all of whom were involved in the investigation of the recent Coimbatore car explosion case, during an event held at the Secretariat in Chennai. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Coimbatore car blast | T.N. CM Stalin felicitates police personnel

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Jameesha Mubin, who was killed in the car explosion in Coimbatore. Photo: Special Arrangement

Tamil Nadu police zero in on locations of suspected Islamic State operatives

Sangameswarar Temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore, in front of which the car blast occurred on October 23, 2022

Police question Tiruppur man on watch list

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Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri. File

Governor speaking like a party propaganda secretary, alleges Alagiri

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K. Annamalai, BJP Tamil Nadu state president. File

Annamalai counters T.N. police department’s statement

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Arjun Sampath (centre). Representational image. File

DMK government acting against interests of Hindus: Arjun Sampath

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Officials from National Investigation Agency (NIA) led by Superintendent of Police T. Sreejith and Inspector S. Vignesh conducting an inquiry in front of Sangameswarar Temple at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore on October 30, 2022

National Investigation Agency officials inspect car blast site in Coimbatore

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Coimbatore city Commissioner of Police V. Balakrishnan. File

Coimbatore car blast | Police hand over documents of the case to NIA

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Tamil Nadu Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu. File

Don’t spread false news and tarnish our name: T.N. police to Annamalai

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File case against BJP’s president Annamalai, demands Marumalarchi Makkal Iyakkam

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Police barricade Kottai Eswaran Kovil street following an LPG cylinder blast in a car near Kottai Eswaran Kovil in Coimbatore in the early hours on October 23, 2022. Representational image. File

Coimbatore car blast | T.N. police search four houses at Tiruvarur

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Police personnel stand guard in front of Kottai Easwaran Kovil in Coimbatore on October 27, 2022, the site of the explosion of a car on October 23, 2022.

Blast a conspiracy to destabilise economy of Coimbatore: VHP leader

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BJP Tamil Nadu unit chief K. Annamalai addresses the media in Chennai on October 29, 2022.

BJP makes a U-turn on its bandh call in Coimbatore

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Police began their investigation on Sunday, the day of the blast

Coimbatore blast: Police to hand over documents of case to NIA

K. Annamalai, Tamil Nadu president of Bharatiya Jantha Party addressed during a press meet in Chennai on October 29, 2022

Annamalai backs Governor’s remark questioning delay in handing over Coimbatore blast probe to NIA

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Thangam Thennarasu. File

‘No delay in handing over blast case to NIA’

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Members of the Federation of All Jamaats, Islamic Organisations and political parties after submitting a petition to the Coimbatore City Police Commissioner on Friday.

Organisations, parties call for peace in Coimbatore

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M.H. Jawahirullah. File

Coimbatore car blast | Parties criticise BJP's use of bandh as a political tool

The Coimbatore car blast accused told the investigators that a combination of explosive materials, LPG cylinders, nails and marbles was used to create a high-impact explosion. File

Accused conducted reconnaissance of targets before attack

Fire brigade personnel at the spot where an explosion took place in a car in front of the Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore early on October 23, 2022. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

In Coimbatore, a bomb on wheels

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Explosive affair: On the Coimbatore car blast

Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai. File

I have not given any bandh call in Coimbatore on October 31, BJP T.N. unit chief Annamalai tells Madras High Court

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Tamil Nadu Governor R.N Ravi speaks during an event at J.S.S. Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences premises in Coimbatore on October 28, 2022

Why did it take four days to bring in NIA, asks Tamil Nadu Governor

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Coimbatore South MLA BJP, Vanathi Srinivasan. File

BJP will observe bandh in Coimbatore on October 31 as planned, says BJP women’s wing chief Vanathi Srinivasan

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J. James, president of Tamil Nadu Association of Cottage and Micro Enterprises speaks at a meeting of the association in Coimbatore. Representational image. File

Trade and industry to function on October 31 in Coimbatore

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Police conducting vehicle checks in Coimbatore on October 27, 2022

Coimbatore car blast | Left parties allege intelligence failure

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Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad personnel check a car that was found abandoned in Tiruchi on Thursday.

Police seize 10 abandoned cars and two motorcycles during intensive checks in Tiruchi

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Tamilisai Soundararajan. File

Coimbatore car blast | NIA’s investigation will be impartial, says Tamilisai Soundararajan

Forensic team inspecting the ruins of the car which was gutted following an explosion in front of Kottai Eswaran Kovil in Coimbatore early on October 23, 2022. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Coimbatore car blast | Police grill two in Tirunelveli district

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Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji chairing a meeting at the Coimbatore Collectorate on Thursday.

NIA must first probe BJP leader Annamalai, says Minister Senthilbalaji

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MDMK General Secretary Vaiko. File

BJP politicising Coimbatore blast to gain foothold in Tamil Nadu: Vaiko

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Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu coming out of Coimbatore City Police Commissioner’s office after reviewing the progress of the investigation of the October 23 car blast on Thursday.

Centre hands over Coimbatore car blast probe to National Investigation Agency

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Puthiya Tamilagam founder-president K. Krishnasamy. File

Constitute Anti-Terrorism Squad in Coimbatore, says Krishnasamy

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Afsar Khan, 28, the sixth accused who was arrested by the police on October 27, 2022 for his alleged role in the Coimbatore car blast. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Coimbatore car blast | Police arrest sixth suspect

Security personnel checking a parked vehicle following the blast in Coimbatore, on Wednesday.

Investigators suspect explosive substances were procured online in Coimbatore car explosion case

C.P. Radhakrishnan. File

BJP calls for bandh in Coimbatore on October 31

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Security was tightened in the city in the wake of the blast. File

Coimbatore car blast | Police get three-day custody of five accused

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin chairs a meeting on the Coimbatore car blast incident, at the Secretariat in Chennai on October 26, 2022. Also seen are the Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu (second left), Additional Director-General of Police (Intelligence) S. Davidson Devasirvatham (first left) and Chief Secretary (fourth right) V. Irai Anbu.

Coimbatore car blast case | T.N. seeks National Investigation Agency probe

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DGP C. Sylendra Babu said that digital footprint of Jameesha Mubin and his associates is under the scanner of cyber-forensic experts of the Tamil Nadu Police. File

Digital footprints of Mubin, associates under scanner, says DGP

Police personnel and experts at the blast site in Coimbatore on October 23, 2022.

Coimbatore car blast | Deceased suspect was questioned, freed by NIA in 2019, placed in watchlist of Tamil Nadu Police

Police personnel escorting the accused involved in the explosion of a car in front of Sangameswarar teample at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore for medical examination ahead of producing them before a court for judicial remand on October 25, 2022.

Key places were in ‘hitlist’ of suspects involved in Coimbatore car blast

Leaders of political parties call for communal peace in Coimbatore

M. Soundariya Preetha

BJP Tamil Nadu State president K. Annamalai

Annamalai blames T.N. government for failing to disclose adequate details about Coimbatore blast

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AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami

Palaniswami, Panneerselvam question CM Stalin over Coimbatore car explosion

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Police tighten security across Coimbatore on October 25, 2022, following the explosion of a car in front of Kottai Easwaran Kovil in the city on October 23, 2022

Five associates of Coimbatore car blast mastermind held, police invoke UAPA provisions to probe terror angle

Police barricade Kottai Eswaran Kovil street following an LPG cylinder blast in a car near Kottai Eswaran Kovil in Coimbatore in the early hours on October 23, 2022

Explosion in front of temple in Coimbatore leaves residents in shock

Jameesha Mubin, 29, who was killed in the car explosion in Coimbatore on October 23, 2022. Photo: Special Arrangement

Explosives seized after car blast kills man in Coimbatore

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NIA team searches coconut merchant’s house in Palani

February 15, 2023 08:10 pm | Updated 08:10 pm IST - PALANI

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A 10-member NIA team conducted a search at the residence of Raja Mohammed (34) on Karuppu Thevar Street in Neikkarapatti near Palani in Dindigul district.

The NIA sleuths were accompanied by local police when they searched the residence of Raja Mohammed, who is said to be a wholesale coconut merchant. The search was conducted from around 5 a.m. to 11 a.m.

A senior police officer said the search was conducted in connection with the car cylinder blast in Coimbatore in October 2022.

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