The arrest of two key accused in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case - tracked from Bengaluru to Bengal's East Midnapore district - has triggered a predictable political slugfest between the state's ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the election. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at an election rally in Dinhata in Bengal's Cooch Behar, hit back at barbs the state had become a "safe haven for terrorists" under her rule. Ms Banerjee, a fierce and vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP, pointed out, "The men (who were arrested) are not residents of Bengal... they were hiding out here. They were arrested in two hours."
