NIA arrested two brothers from Hyderabad in Darbhanga railway station blast case

HYDERABAD: NIA arrested two brothers from Hyderabad in Darbhanga railway station terror blast case. While the explosion occurred on June 17, no casualties were reported.
On Wednesday evening, NIA team camping in Hyderabad arrested, Mohammed Nasir Khan and his brother Imran Malik, garment sellers from Uttar Pradesh in relation to the Darbhanga railway station blast.
The brothers have been in the ready made garments business and Nasir has been operating from Hyderabad for over two decades.
After a bottle containing unknown chemical, concealed in a parcel of garments exploded at platform number 2 of Darbhanga railway station after it was unloaded from the luggage compartment of the train, investigators tracked the people who booked the parcel at Secunderabad railway station.
According to NIA, "the parcel was booked by Md Sufiyaan from Secunderabad for himself."
The PAN card furnished by the person who booked the parcel, turned out to be a forged one but the mobile number mentioned by the accused at the time of booking the parcel along with CCTV footage near the railway station provided vital leads in zeroing in on the two brothers residing at Mallepally in Hyderabad.
NIA showed the arrest of the brothers on Wednesday at 3.30 pm under sections 3,4 &5 of the Explosive Substances Act.
NIA officials confirmed that the duo will be taken to Patna on transit remand.