Coimbatore police have arrested Sadiq Raja, the prime accused in the 1996 Coimbatore bomb blast case, after nearly three decades of evading arrest. He was apprehended from Vijayapura in Karnataka, where he had been living under a false identity.
Sadiq Raja, a native of Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district, had been absconding since the 1996 blast. Investigations have revealed that Sadiq Raja was not only involved in the 1996 Coimbatore blast but also played a role in other major incidents, including blasts in Madurai and Nagore. He is believed to have used multiple identities to avoid detection and maintain anonymity while shifting across locations.
