The main accused in the Mangaluru cooker bomb blast case in November 2022 has sought to plead guilty in the case where he is facing a trial on charges of terrorism, sources said.

Mohammed Shariq, 26, who is a member of an Islamic State (IS) module that emerged from the Shivamogga region of Karnataka, which is linked to multiple terror-linked incidents in the state, has moved an application to the special court for terrorism cases under Section 229 of the Criminal Procedure Code this week for pleading guilty in the Mangaluru cooker blast case that occured in an autorickshaw.

Shariq and the autorickshaw driver were injured after a low-intensity bomb allegedly intended for a terror act near the Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple in Mangaluru exploded prematurely in the autorickshaw on

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