Burdwan blast probe: Four arrested by National Investigation Agency

NEW DELHI: Four persons have been arrested by the NIA in connection with its probe in the Burdwan blast case.

Those arrested have been identified as Dalim Sheikh, Motiur Rehman, Habibur and Gyasuddin, official sources said.

The four allegedly played a crucial role in carrying out the blast, the sources said.

The NIA had earlier arrested Shahnoor Alam, key suspect in the case and alleged financial brain of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, from Assam's Nalbari district.

Two suspected terrorists of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh were killed in the blast at Khagragarh in West Bengal's Burdwan town on October 2, 2014.