Patna serial blasts: 3rd suspect arrested in Ranchi, probe given to NIA

One of them was Arshad Ahmad who was picked up for questioning from a village in Bihar's East Champaran district, police said.

Acting on a tip-off by the Patna Police and the NIA, the local police yesterday picked up Ahmad from Alauli village and handed him over to an investigation team from Patna, the Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinay Kumar said.