Probing the October 2 explosion in West Bengal, an NIA team on Sunday arrested five persons and recovered firearms from them in Mongalkote area in Burdwan district, police said. The team also visited a madrasa in Burdwan district, where people suspected to be involved in the incident were reported to have got militant training.
Acting on a tip-off, police reached at Kowarpur village and with the help of villagers blocked the main road with a tractor trolley to stop the car and arrested the miscreants, the police said.
Police reached Kowarpur from Mongalkote police station after getting information that the miscreants would pass in a red car through the village. Six firearms have been seized from their possession, they said.
Six people, including two women, have been already been arrested in connection with the explosion at a house in the district's Khagragarh area. The NIA team, led by Inspector General of Police Sanjeev Kumar Singh and Superintendent of Police Vikram Kharate, visited the madrasa and inspected things.