Explosive material was placed in Mysuru court to warn goverment: Dawood Suleiman

Mysuru: “The intention of the terrorists who placed an explosive material in the Mysuru court was not to cause any harm to the public, but only to send a warning to the government that they can get access to any place,” Dawood Suleiman, who placed the improvised explosive device at the toilet in the court on August 1 evening, has told the police.

Dawood was brought to the Mysuru court premises amid tight security on Friday morning. ACP Mallik, the investigating officer in the case, accompanied the team of officers from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), comprising SPs Rahul and Prathibha and others.

ACP Mallik said, “The IED placed in the court did not have any shrapnel that would have caused injuries to the people. Abbas Ali, who manufactured the IED, had placed it in a pressure cooker and handed it over to Suleiman with instructions that it should be placed where there is minimum movement of people. Suleiman, who arrived in Mysuru in a Tamil Nadu bus around 2.30 pm, placed the explosive with the timer in the court toilet, and left the city by 3.45 pm, even before the blast occurred around 4pm,” he said.

The NIA on November 27 arrested four people associated with the Base Movement, a terrorist outfit inspired by Al Qaeda, who were reportedly responsible for explosions at five courts at Chittoor, Kollam, Mysuru, Nellore and Malappuram. The accused are Abbas Ali (27), Dawood Suleiman (23), Samsum Karim Raja (27), Mohd Ayub Ali (25) and Shamsudeen (25). Abbas, who founded the Base Movement, is said to be the kingpin.

The NIA team, which arrived in the city around 10 am, left the city by 6pm.