Blast arrest

Midnapore, Jan. 18: A former schoolteacher, Chhatradhar Mahato, 62, was arrested today from his house in the Salboni area of West Midnapore, 170 km from Calcutta, in connection with planting of a landmine in Lalgarh in September last year.

The crude landmine, placed in a milk can, had exploded while it was being defused, killing policemen Utpal Bhakta and Basudeb Chakraborty.