Bengaluru, Nov 24 (UNI) Karnataka government on Thursday handed over the Mangaluru bomb blast case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) owing to its inter-state connections and the invocation of the UAPA.
"Based on the investigation carried out so far, including the examination of matetials recovered from the scene of occurrence and other evidences collected, sections 16, 38 and 39 of UAPA have been invoked.
"As this is a scheduled offence under section 6 of NIA Act, 2008, the matter is being submitted for further necessary action," Additional Home Secretary (Law and Order) GS Prasanna Kumar said in a letter addressed to the Union Additional Home Chief Secretary.