Bengaluru, April 28 -- A special court for the National Investigation Agency in Bengaluru on Monday sentenced Mohammed Shariq, the main accused in the 2022 Mangaluru cooker bomb blast case, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.

The incident took place on November 19, 2022, when an improvised explosive device (IED) hidden inside a pressure cooker detonated inside an autorickshaw near Kankanady in Mangaluru. No casualties occurred, although Shariq himself suffered serious injuries. He was arrested upon his discharge from the hospital.

Investigators said that the explosion occurred accidentally due to a faulty timer, which prevented a larger incident. The National Investigation Agency described the act as part of a conspiracy to threaten n...