NIA, CCB detain two including cloth merchant in connection with cafe blast in B'luru

A cloth merchant from Kaul Bazaar in Ballari district in Karnataka and a PFI cadre have been detained by the National Investigation Agency and Central Crime Branch in their joint investigation of the March 1 blast at the Rameshwaram Cafe here, sources said on Friday.

The teams suspect that one of the two detenues, who was an active member of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), was part of the plot.

The investigating team believes that he had proximity with some terrorist organisations.