Police arrested Mahakdeep Kaur and Davinder Singh in Punjab for the November 3 railway track blast in Rajasthan. Officials said the woman got money from Pakistan-based handlers to carry out the attack. Police recovered weapons and cash from the pair, who allegedly used romantic traps to target vulnerable individuals.

Chandigarh:

Two people have been arrested from Punjab in connection with the Sri Ganganagar railway track blast case in Rajasthan. The suspects, one man and one woman, were arrested in a joint operation of Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), Sri Ganganagar Police and Punjab Police.

The arrested individuals have been identified as 21-year-old Mahakdeep Kaur and 22-year-old Davinder Singh.

The entire incident has a Pakistan link, as police said the arrested woman was in contact with two handlers based in the neighbouring country.

One handler was known by the name 'Chacha', while the other was known as 'Shah'. They trapped the woman by engaging in romantic conversations and providing her with money, in a trend police said has become frequent with Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI.

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Previously, the police said, the ISI had used a similar method to entrap a woman named Babita, a resident of Ganganagar.

Mahakdeep was living separately from her husband, who is currently incarcerated on charges related to drug trafficking. According to the police, ISI handlers target vulnerable women, often those living alone, by initiating romantic conversations and offering them money. Investigations have revealed that the woman received payment to carry out the blast on the railway track.

Meanwhile, the police recovered two weapons, 46 cartridges, and 30,000 rupees from the woman and have also taken three other individuals into custody.

These individuals are suspected of having assisted the accused by providing them with accommodation, a motorcycle, and transport to the crime scene.

The blast had occurred on the night of November 3, at approximately 9:45 PM, on a railway track near Ramsinghpur in Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan. It shattered two railway sleepers, damaged the track, and created a crater approximately two and a half feet deep.

An Anupgarh-Suratgarh passenger train had passed along the same track about 75 minutes before the blast.