<p>Kolkata: The police on Wednesday arrested the prime accused in the blast that left eight people dead at Pathar Pratima in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The prime accused, Chandrakanta Banik, is the owner of the firecrackers manufacturing unit situated a few metres away from the house where the explosion took place late Monday night.</p>.<p>“We have arrested the prime accused Chandrakanta Banik in connection with the blast,” Sunderban Police District SP Koteswara Rao told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Banik was interrogated throughout the night and was arrested on Wednesday morning.</p>.Notorious criminal linked to Sambhal violence arrested.<p>This is the first arrested in this connection, while the police are looking for Banik's brother who is absconding.</p>.<p>“Forensic experts are examining whether the raw materials (for making firecrackers) were stacked inside the house where the blast took place,” another police officer said.</p>.<p>Eight people of a family including four children died when a gas cylinder exploded inside a residential house in Pathar Pratima. PTI SCH NN</p>
<p>Kolkata: The police on Wednesday arrested the prime accused in the blast that left eight people dead at Pathar Pratima in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The prime accused, Chandrakanta Banik, is the owner of the firecrackers manufacturing unit situated a few metres away from the house where the explosion took place late Monday night.</p>.<p>“We have arrested the prime accused Chandrakanta Banik in connection with the blast,” Sunderban Police District SP Koteswara Rao told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Banik was interrogated throughout the night and was arrested on Wednesday morning.</p>.Notorious criminal linked to Sambhal violence arrested.<p>This is the first arrested in this connection, while the police are looking for Banik's brother who is absconding.</p>.<p>“Forensic experts are examining whether the raw materials (for making firecrackers) were stacked inside the house where the blast took place,” another police officer said.</p>.<p>Eight people of a family including four children died when a gas cylinder exploded inside a residential house in Pathar Pratima. PTI SCH NN</p>