“Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast: Limited edition baseball cap provided major clue to police to identify Musavir Hussain Shazib as perpetrator”, Opindia, March 23, 2024:
“Important information about the suspect in the explosion, that injured nine people, has been gleaned from the baseball cap that the suspect was wearing when he detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru on 1st March, reported The Indian Express. A cap he was witnessed wearing in the CCTV video turned up abandoned adjacent to a Mosque around three kilometers from the Whitefield Cafe where he reportedly changed his shirt to a round-neck t-shirt.
Investigators found their way to a mall in central Chennai by the branded cap with the number 10 engraved on it. The cap was sold at a branded retail establishment in late January. Additional CCTV footage showed two men, including the suspect from the cafe CCTV recordings, purchasing the cap and other products, according to multiple sources involved in the inquiry.
The company, which exclusively operates in South India through retail locations and internet sales, has sold just about 400 of the caps, which are part of a limited edition item series from a young brand. According to police sources, every cap has a unique number that can be linked to the point of sale……”
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