Overview

• The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached Rs 29,176 in Syed Yasin’s bank account on August 5 under PMLA after tracing it to the 2022 autorickshaw IED blast probe.
• ED investigations have revealed that ₹2.86 lakh in cryptocurrency deposits and ₹41,680 in cash were routed through mule accounts and PoS agents to fund bomb assembly, safehouses and reconnaissance.
• NIA chargesheets establish that the failed plot aimed to target Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple, but a timer error caused the device to detonate prematurely inside an autorickshaw.
• An online ISIS handler codenamed “Colonel” used encrypted apps to train Mohammad Shariq alias Premraj and co-accused on IED construction and organised fund transfers via FINO Payments Bank mule accounts.
• All accused remain in judicial custody as NIA and ED continue to unravel the broader crypto-funding network and encrypted messaging support for the terror conspiracy.