One of the prime accused in train sabotage arrested
By IANSSunday, June 20, 2010
KOLKATA - A pro-Maoist activist, who is one of the three prime accused in the derailment of a train in West Bengal that killed 148 people, was arrested in Jharkhand Sunday, police said here.
Bapi Mahato, for whom the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had announced a reward of Rs.1 lakh for information leading to his capture, was taken into custody at Jamshedpur.
He is the fifth man to be arrested for the May 28 sabotage of rail tracks by suspected Maoists that derailed the Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal. Several of the derailed train coaches were then hit by a goods train when they rolled on to the parallel track.
“Mahato was arrested by our police from Jamsedpur,” West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh told IANS.
