The top accused within the Mangaluru blast case – Mohammed Shariq – visited the Sri Krishna mutt in Udupi in October, police mentioned on Monday.

The Udupi police mentioned they’d verified CCTV cameras put in by way of trade institutions in and across the automobile side road house of Krishna Mutt and feature accrued data from shopkeepers.

The police mentioned an elderly lady had even known as her grandson the use of Shariq’s telephone.

The police mentioned they believe that he had arrived at automobile side road house in Udupi on October 16 and later travelled to Karkala and Bantwal.

The protection in and across the Krishna mutt has been beefed up in view of threats, they mentioned.

In the meantime, a initial assembly used to be held right here on Sunday to speak about the protection preparations to be made on the Kadri Shri Manjunatheshwara temple in Mangaluru in view of the guidelines that suspected terrorists had deliberate to focus on the shrine.

Mangaluru south MLA Vedavyas Kamath presided over the assembly during which temple managing committee president A J Shetty, govt officer P Jayamma and trustees had been provide.

Measures like set up of steel detectors and bag-screening system had been instructed on the assembly, resources on the temple mentioned. Shariq had reportedly projected himself as a Hindu anyplace he went to steer clear of suspicion, the police had mentioned. The blast happened in a shifting autorickshaw, close to a police station right here, leaving a passenger and the motive force injured.

Karnataka’s police leader had mentioned the blast used to be an act of terror.

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