India, Aug. 7 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has attached funds worth Rs.29,176 kept in the bank account of an accused in the ISIS-inspired 2022 Mangaluru cooker bomb blast case.

The blast took place in an auto rickshaw on the outskirts of Mangaluru on November 19, 2022. The man who was allegedly handling the explosives in the three-wheeler, identified as Mohammed Shariq, was injured and named as the main accused in the case.

The bomb was supposed to be planted at the Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple in Mangaluru. However, it exploded in the auto rickshaw as the timer was set at 09 seconds instead of 90 minutes, the federal probe agency said in a statement.

Earlier, the ED had filed a case under the P...