The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed that the latest Bangalore blast was a terror attack.
[2] (Timeline displayed in reverse chronological order) A motorcycle was parked in between two cars near the BJP Karnataka State Office Jagannath Bhawan.
17 April 2013 at 3:00 pm – Security was stepped up in New Delhi in the wake of the Bangalore blast with special checking of inbound and outbound vehicles.
17 April 2013 – 2:30 pm – Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde spoke on the Bangalore blast in Kolkata on Wednesday.
17 April 2013 – 1:45 pm – Bangalore Police was alerted about possible disruptive activities a couple of days ago.
On Tuesday, Bangalore hosted an IPL match and the security was expected to be high with elections around the corner.
17 April 2013 – 1:38 pm – The Ind-Suzuki motorcycle in which the explosive (500 grams) was placed had a Tamil Nadu registration number and was parked there since yesterday, sources said.
17 April 2013 – 1:15 pm – Reports confirmed that IED was used to trigger the Malleshwaram blast in Bangalore on Wednesday morning.
17 April 2013 – 1:05 pm – A female victim admitted in the hospital said she fell down after hearing a massive explosion and seeing fire.
"Thanks to good old trees on Bevinamarada Raste the damage is minimal," the BJP man told OneIndia News.
17 April 2013 – 11:30 am – Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said it was too early to make any statement on whether it was a terror attack.
According to police chief of Karnataka, Lalrokhuma Pachau, the material that was used for explosion was ammonium nitrate which is easily available in the market and frequently used by terrorist groups[3] The motorbike used for the purpose was reported to have been stolen from Hyderabad while the number plate bearing Tamil Nadu registration number TN22R3769 was also recovered from the spot.
[10] On Friday, April 21, 2023, a special court in Bengaluru convicted two Tamil Nadu-based men, part of terror organisation, Al-Umma, for their role in an explosion outside a BJP office in the city in 2013.