The city court on Friday granted a three-day transit remand to the two accused in the Bengaluru cafe blast case, allowing the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take them to the Karnataka capital for further investigation.

The chief judge of the city sessions court here granted the transit remand to the NIA following a prayer by the agency. The accused, Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa and Mussavir Hussain Shazib, were arrested from a hotel in Purba Medinipur district's seaside tourist town Digha, around 190 km from Kolkata, the NIA said.