In a joint operation with the Ladakh police, the Special Cell officers arrested these alleged students from Kargil in connection with the conspiracy to plan and execute terror activities in the national capital and brought them to Delhi on transit remand for further questioning.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, soon after the Burdwan blast, had blamed the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the foreign intelligence agency of India, for being behind the blast.
A letter recovered by the probe agencies talked about avenging the killings of Iran Quds Commander Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mehdhi Al Muhandis, who were killed in a US drone attack in January 2020.