Coimbatore

Leaders of the Muslim Jamath on Thursday visited the site of the car cylinder blast near the Sangameswarar temple in Coimbatore on October 23 and held discussions with its executive officer and temple priests.

Tension had gripped the area after the blast in which a man was charred to death.

Inayatullah General secretary Sunnath Jamaths said, "We have been living in this area for the past 200 years, and this Kottaimedu is surrounded by mosques, temples and churches. We live together in a friendly manner and we will not give space to anyone to create division with us and you all know the incident that happened here."

"We strongly condemn this act in this area and we had decided to create communal harmony in this area. With this today we leaders from Sunnath Jamaths had come here to meet the Sangameswarar temple authorities," he added.

He said that the people involved in the blast do not belong to any Jamath.

Tamil Nadu police have so far arrested six people in connection with the Coimbatore car blast case, and have invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Those arrested are learned to be associates of Jameesha Mubin, who was charred to death in suspicious circumstances after an LPG cylinder inside the car he was driving exploded near a temple around 4 am on October 23.

According to the police, 25-year-old Mubin, who was an engineering graduate, was previously questioned by the NIA in 2019 for alleged terror links.

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Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu police handed over the documents of the case to NIA.