India, Oct. 26 -- Three people have been arrested from Assam in connection with a blast at an under-construction building in Bengaluru's Pulakeshinagar locality, police said, adding that the explosion was part of a murder plot linked to a family dispute. The intended target and a worker were seriously injured in the blast.

In a statement on Sunday, the Bengaluru police commissioner's officer identified two of the accused as Bhurhan Ahmad Burbhuiyya, 20, and Jahidull Hussain Burbhuiyya, 27. The third remained unidentified.

The three were caught on Saturday after a 72-hour operation involving 10 special teams. Investigators said that the prime accused, Burbhuiyya, conspired with two childhood friends to kill his cousin Allauddin over disp...