Man detained in Jalpaiguri blast case

Siliguri, Nov 23 (UNI) One person was detained last night in connection with the blast in two coaches of the Haldibari-New Jalpaiguri Passenger train on Monday, Jalpaiguri Superintendent of Police said here today.

SP Tripurari said State Intelligence Bureau (IB) had picked up one Subodh Gain from Gatebazar near new Jalpaiguri under Bhaktinagar police station and handed him over to Jalpaiguri district police.

He said the police has been questioning Gain, besides interrogating 12 Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) imprisoned cadres.

A six-member team of Central Forensic&Science Lab, led by Dr Chandranath Banerjee, has been investigating the blast case.

Seven people had died and more than 60 injured in the explosion that ripped through the general compartment GS-8321 of the passenger train under North Eastern Frontier (NF) Railway.

The train was waiting to leave Belakoba station, 18 km from New Jalpaiguri, when the explosion took place on Monday.

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