Bomb blast in Silicon City Bengaluru: 9 people injured in Rameswaram cafe blast

In a horrific incedent in silicon city Bengaluru, Nine people were injured in a bomb blast at a popular restaurant in Kundalahalli area today.

The blast incedent was recorded on CCTV and videos went viral. The police had earlier reported they were trying to find out what caused the explosion at The Rameshwaram Cafe. After a team of the anti-terror National Investigation Agency (NIA), bomb squad, and forensics laboratory reached the cafe, the Chief Minister told reporters that an improvised explosive device (IED) was used in the attack on the cafe.

"There's information that around 12.30 pm, there was an explosion. And that there was a bag. The investigation is on... I am getting to know that it was an IED. The investigation is on," Siddaramaiah told reporters.

Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya confirmed that this incident is not a cylinder explosion and posted in X, "Just spoke to Rameshwaram Café founder Sri Nagaraj about the blast in his restaurant. He informed me that the blast occurred because of a bag that was left by a customer and not any cylinder explosion. One of their employees is injured. It’s seems to be a clear case of bomb blast. Bengaluru demands clear answers from CM Siddaramaiah."