West Bengal: One arrested in Kaliachak for Khagragarh blast

Malda (WB), Apr 11: A man has been arrested in connection with the Burdwan blast case near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Kaliachak area in Malda district, a top district police officer said on Saturday.

Bin Amin Seikh, an accused in the October two blast case at Khagragarh in Burdwan blast, was arrested by a five-member National Investigation Agency team on Thursday from Baliadanga village in Kaliachak area and taken to Kolkata that very night, the officer said.

The 24-year old, who hailed from Bhagabangola in Murshidabad district, used to frequent one Mehboob Seikh's house in the Kaliachak village and was netted after the NIA questioned Mehboob on April 2, the officer said. [Burdwan blast: NIA files chargesheet against 21, including 4 Bangladeshi nationals]

Two suspected terrorists of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh were killed in the blast on October 2, 2014.

PTI