Jhargram: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Sameer Mahato in connection with last month's Jhargram train attack. He will be produced in court today.
At least 148 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in near Jhargram on May 28. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.
After the attack, Home Minister P Chidambaram had said that "the needle of suspicion in the attack on the Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal points to the CPI-Maoists or a front organization for the CPI-Maoists."
Senior West Bengal police officers had also said that early leads suggested the Maoists were responsible for the tragedy.
"Two posters belonging to the Maoist-backed PCPA were found at the site," West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh had told NDTV.