Overview
- An improvised explosive device hidden inside a torch battery exploded on the fifth floor of an under‑construction building in Pulakeshinagar, injuring two workers after a co‑worker opened a parcel meant for a specific man.
- Police say the device was placed in a parcel at a petty shop as part of a plot to kill the intended recipient, and investigators found the blast was not linked to terrorism.
- After reviewing about 1,500 CCTV clips and questioning roughly 100 people, Bengaluru police arrested three men from Dhinananathpur in Assam and remanded them to custody.
- Officers say the suspects researched bomb‑making online, bought local materials, formed a WhatsApp group to plan the attack, and police recovered components and traced purchases while continuing to verify precise motives and digital evidence.
- Authorities announced a reward for the teams that solved the case and said they will improve CCTV coverage in the city to close surveillance gaps exposed by the probe.