Mangaluru: The prime suspect of the Mangaluru International Airport bomb scare case, Aditya Rao’s secret to creating a bomb is out!
According to reports, Aditya learned how to build a bomb by watching videos on YouTube. Reportedly, Rao took a year to watch the videos and train himself to build a bomb. Sources say that he had even thought of contacting a few terror outfits to find out more about bomb-making, but he wasn’t able to go through with this plan as he was afraid.
Rao, who had turned himself in to the DG-IGP in Bengaluru on Wednesday, January 22 morning, admitted during the interrogation, that he was the one who placed the bag with explosives at MIA. He had also admitted that he tried to escape after reaching Bengaluru. He said that he knew that there was no scope for escape as the police were looking for him. His image, that was extracted from the CCTV footage of the airport, was being circulated all over the state and country.
Earlier in the day, Aditya’s father, Krishnamurthy and brother Akshath Rao were thoroughly interrogated about his whereabouts.
It is learnt that the investigating officers had found a powder-like substance in the bomb. Through their investigation, the officials found that the powder was ordered online and kept in a hotel near Balmatta, Mangaluru. The officials explained that Rao made the improvise explosive device (IED) while in a hotel room.
Meanwhile, the Mangaluru Police have seized the powder used to make the explosive, and are trying to locate its source.
