New Delhi: Former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), has been identified as the key conspirator in the Bhangar bomb blast case in West Bengal, officials stated.
The NIA has arrested absconding former MLA Molla, the probe agency said in a statement on Saturday.
Molla, who had been on the run, was captured in the South 24 Parganas district after the NIA conducted extensive searches as part of its investigation.
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The blast occurred on March 19 during the manufacturing of a crude bomb, resulting in the death of one bomb maker and injuries to several others.
The fourth accused to be arrested in the case, the ex MLA, was the key conspirator who had directed the other accused to make the bomb, the NIA found during the investigation.
