Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS)
Tamil Nadu police are on high alert after a 25-year-old youth, Jameesh Mubin from Ukkadam died in a car explosion on Saturday morning at Ukkadam. The youth was killed in the explosion triggered by a gas cylinder burst in front of the Kottai Easwaran temple at Ukkadam. The body of the youth was charred beyond recognition and police had to resort to other methods to identify the deceased.
Coimbatore police after identifying that Jameesh Mubin was the person who got killed in the explosion, conducted a search at this residence and found a huge stock of explosives. The Police also claimed that the NIA had interrogated Jameesh Mubin for his involvement with ISIS and other Islamic organizations.
The Police however refused to comment whether Mubin was trying to trigger a deliberate explosion as marbles and nails were found scattered at the accident site. Tamil Nadu Director General of Police, C. Sylendra Babu reached Coimbatore on Sunday morning and conducted a high-level meeting with top police officers of the region.
Sources in the police told IANS that explosive materials like Pottasium Nitrate, aluminum powder, sulfur, and charcoal were retrieved from his house and the police are not ruling out the possibility of a planned attack using the two cylinders in the car of which one had exploded.
Six special cells of the police teams are deployed to crack the case and sources in the police told BPNS that it was a herculean task to identify the dead body.
DG of Tamil Nadu Police told media persons that Mubin had tried to get away from the police check post and this would have triggered the explosion.
