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Indian Army officer linked to more blasts

New Delhi, November 18 (KMS): The list of investigating agencies that want to question Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Prasad Purohit, the Army officer arrested for the Malegaon blast, is getting longer.

Purohit and nine other people have so far been arrested for blasts in Malegaon in Maharashtra on September 29 in which five people were killed. Purohit had trained the people who carried out the blast and supplied explosives.

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Haryana Police wants Purohit s custody to interrogate him

Migrant worker beaten to death in India
By AIJAZ ANSARI Oct 29, 2008

MUMBAI, India (AP) An Indian laborer was the latest attack on migrant workers in the country's financial and entertainment capital, police said Wednesday.

Police have opened a murder inquiry and detained two people for questioning, said K.P. Raghuvanshi, additional director-general of Railway Police.

Dharamdev Rai, 25, and three other laborers from impoverished Uttar Pradesh state were attacked Tuesday by a half dozen people aboard a local train, Raghuvanshi told The Associated Press.

Train bogeys burnt in anti-Thackeray protests in Bihar

Patna, Oct 22 : Angry mobs, comprising mostly students, Wednesday set ablaze some coaches of three trains, blocked railway traffic and damaged public property in various parts of Bihar in protest against assaults on Biharis by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists in Maharashtra.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday evening held a meeting with top officials to take stock of the situation