Malappuram: The special investigation team probing the Malappuram collectorate of November 1 last arrested two more persons on Sunday. The team led by Malappuram DySP P.T. Balan took into custody the two accused, N. Abubakkar, 40, and A. Abdul Rahman, 27, from Madurai, their native place, and recorded their arrest here. The district and sessions court in Manjeri, where they were produced on Monday, remanded them in judicial custody for a week. The low-intensity blast had occurred at the parking area of the Malappuram judicial first class magistrate court complex situated on the district collectorate compound.
The police said that Abubakkar, the sixth accused, was the head of the terror outfit named ‘Base Movement’ that was behind the blast. “Abubakkar had masterminded similar blasts in Kollam, Mysore, Nellore and Chittoor. A few more remain to be arrested in the case. Abubakkar was heading another terror outfit named AMF before constituting the ‘Base Movement’ in 2015 and had connections with Al Umma terrorist Imam Ali who was killed in 2002,” said Malappuram district police chief Debesh Kumar Behera. The National Investigation Agency had arrested five accused earlier from Madurai.
