Katwa: Three persons have been arrested in connection with a high intensity blast in Katwa in Bengal's Burdwan district on Monday that left one dead.
70-year-old Lalu Sheikh was killed in the explosion that blew away the roof of the club where the explosives were stored. The concrete structure has been reduced to rubble after the explosion.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started a preliminary inquiry into the case to see if there are any terror links with the blast. The state's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating the case.
Investigators are probing all angles, especially since the location of the blast is not too far from Khagragarh in Burdwan district, where an explosion took place in October 2014. Two terror suspects were killed while making bombs in that incident, and the NIA has charged 30 persons in the case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Arms Act in connection with that case.
The NIA says that Bangladeshi terror group Jamiat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh was responsible for the explosion in 2014.
Meanwhile, local police have been able to defuse and dispose off the 32 socket bombs that were recovered from the site with the help of a bomb disposal team from Durgapur in Burdwan.
70-year-old Lalu Sheikh was killed in the explosion that blew away the roof of the club where the explosives were stored. The concrete structure has been reduced to rubble after the explosion.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started a preliminary inquiry into the case to see if there are any terror links with the blast. The state's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating the case.
The NIA says that Bangladeshi terror group Jamiat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh was responsible for the explosion in 2014.
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