Berhampore ashram bombers nabbed in Mumbai

Mumbai: Days after a bomb was hurled at an ashram in Berhampore in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, two suspects were nabbed from Borivli in Mumbai.

The suspects were identified as Rocky Khan (23) and Shahadat Sarkar (35), both residents of Berhampore, the administrative headquarters of Murshidabad.

Rocky Khan is a driver and resident of Kandi Hotel Para, while Sahadat Sarkar is a worker and resident of Gram Natun Pura.

The case was registered at Berhampore police station following the incident that occurred on May 14—shortly after the West Bengal election results were declared.

The case was registered vide Crime Register No. 726/26 under Sections 126(2), 324(4), 351(3), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.

After committing the offence, the suspects fled from Berhampore.

On May 16, the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police received reliable information that the wanted accused were travelling from Kolkata to Mumbai by the Gitanjali Express train.

“Accordingly, on the instructions of senior officers, a joint team of the Crime Intelligence Unit and Unit-5 of the Crime Branch was formed to trace the accused. During the operation, a trap was laid from Dadar to Borivali railway stations. The two suspects were successfully detained by the joint team at Borivali railway station,” Crime Branch officials said on Monday.

A special team from Berhampore Police Station arrived in Mumbai and took custody of both accused.

On May 17, both accused were produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Holiday Court at Esplanade Magistrate’s Court in Mumbai, which granted transit remand to the accused.