Two arrested for planting bomb at Sancoale in Goa

Panaji, Oct 31 (PTI) Two persons were Saturday arrested
in connection with the recovery of a live bomb from Sancoale
in India's coastal state of Goa on October 16 when the Margao
blast took place, killing two members of a right-wing Hindu
group.
Vinayak Patil (27) and Vinay Talekar (30) were allegedly
involved in planting a bomb, which was defused before it went
off, at 20 km away from Margao, police said.
The bomb at Sancoale was in series with Margao
explosives, which triggered pre-maturely killing two Sanatan
Saunstha activists ---- Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik -- who
were allegedly ferrying explosives on the scooter.
Both the accused were arrested by the Special
Investigation Team (SIT) in Margao where they were called for
the interrogation, Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravindra
Yadav told reporters here.
Yadav confirmed that both were residents of Ponda town,
which has Sanatan Saunstha's ashram and have their roots in
India's southern state of Karnataka. Talekar is from Karwar,
while Patil from Belgaum.
Police have refused to divulge more on the arrests
claiming that the formal statement would be issued soon.
The IED kept in a pick-up van at Sancoale did not blast
as the bomb disposal squad (BDS) had defused the explosives,
half an hour after Margao blast.
The driver of the van had intimated police about the
suspicious bag. Gelatin sticks, a detonator, timer and a power
circuit were recovered from the bag.
Police have already named Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik,
who died in the blast, as prime accused in the case. PTI