ED seizes funds from Mohammed Shariq, accused in the 2022 Mangaluru cooker blast case

ED seizes funds from Mohammed Shariq, accused in the 2022 Mangaluru cooker blast case

mangaloretoday.com

New Delhi,August 07, 2025: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has attached funds worth ₹29,176 kept in the bank account of an accused in the ISIS-inspired 2022 Mangaluru cooker bomb blast case.

The blast took place in an auto rickshaw on the outskirts of Mangaluru on November 19, 2022. The man who was allegedly handling the explosives in the three-wheeler, identified as Mohammed Shariq, was injured and named as the main accused in the case.

The bomb was supposed to be planted at the Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple in Mangaluru. However, it exploded in the auto rickshaw as the timer was set at 09 seconds instead of 90 minutes, the federal probe agency said in a statement.

Earlier, the ED had filed a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in November 2022, taking cognisance of a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe in the matter.

The agency said in a statement that a “bank deposit of ₹29,176 kept in the bank account of another accused named Syed Yasin has been provisionally attached under the PMLA through an order issued by the Bengaluru office of the ED on August 5”.