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Army apprehend Garib Rath blast suspect

Security forces on Saturday arrested an NDFB cadre suspected to have been involved in the July 8 blast which caused the derailing of the Kolkata-bound Garib Rath Express was arrested in Assam’s Chirang district. Sources say patrolling troops of the 15 Dogra Regiment acting on a tip off apprehended the militant identified as Edward Shrampani. Suspected NDFB militants planted the powerful bomb on the railway tracks at Gossaigaon, killing a child and injuring 13 other passengers of the Garib Rath Express.

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