Hyderabad, May 22 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district in connection with the Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast case, people familiar with the matter said.

The NIA sleuths swooped on the residence of a retired headmaster Abdul Gaffoor at Nagulabavi area of Atmakur Street in Rayadurgam town early in the morning and carried out searches at a house on a specific information that a terror suspect, allegedly having links with the blast at Rameshwaram cafe in Bengaluru on March 1.

"The NIA authorities conducted the raid after conducting recce in the area for the last three days. They took Gaffoor's son Sohail into custody for questioning," a police officia...