Indian train bombers captured, say police
Indian rescue personnel and bystanders survey the scene of a train accident in the village of Bhatkuchi, some 70kms from Guwahati early July 11, 2011.
India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has arrested 16 members of an insurgent group called the Adivasi People's Army for their alleged involvement in planting an explosive device on railway tracks in Assam that led to the derailment of the Guwahati-Puri Express on Sunday, the Times of India reports.
The derailment injured more than 100 passengers. On the same day, another derailment, this one reportedly caused by normal wear and tear, killed more than 50 people and injured 200 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
The APA has, of late, established contacts with Maoists in Jharkhand and West Bengal and is also learnt to have sent its cadres for training to these Red Zones, according to the Times of India.
The APA, which has been demanding setting up an Adivasi autonomous council in the areas comprising a number tea gardens, had last month planted a similar bomb in the Guwahati-bound Kanchenjunga Express, the paper said. An explosion was averted when security personnel found the bomb during a routine check. The outfit had then claimed responsibility for planting the bomb, stating that it was an attempt to put pressure on the government to create the autonomous council.