jaipur, Nov. 15 -- The Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Sri Ganganagar police have made a major breakthrough in the railway track blast case reported earlier this month, arresting a young woman and a man from Gurdaspur in Punjab on Saturday. Police identified the arrested accused as Mahakdeep Kaur (21) and Devinder Singh (23), and said weapons, ammunition and cash allegedly received for carrying out the blast were recovered from the woman. The joint operation was carried out under the supervision of ATS Additional Director General of Police Dinesh MN, with Sri Ganganagar Additional Superintendent of Police Nitin Choudhary and ATS Additional Superintendents of Police Manish Sharma and Surender Singh involved in the operation. "Mahakdeep and Devinder were arrested on Saturday in a joint operation by the ATS and Sri Ganganagar police with assistance from Gurdaspur police. Both were involved in the Sri Ganganagar railway track blast case," an official involved in the operation told HT. "Two weapons, 46 cartridges and Rs.30,000, which Mahakdeep allegedly received for the blast, were recovered from her possession," the official said. A senior Sri Ganganagar police official said efforts were underway to bring the two accused from Punjab to Rajasthan for further interrogation. "Three other associates of the accused have already been arrested in connection with the blast. We are investigating their roles and the wider network behind the incident," the official said. However, investigators have yet to establish whether the explosion was part of a radical extremist conspiracy or another criminal plot. A senior official familiar with the investigation said police were also examining information suggesting that the accused had relatives in the local area. The explosion occurred around 9.45 pm on November 3 near 50 GB village on the Anupgarh-Suratgarh railway line in Sri Ganganagar district, close to the India-Pakistan border. The blast shattered two concrete sleepers supporting the railway track and left a crater around two feet deep. A passenger train had passed through the same stretch barely 45 minutes before the explosion, raising concerns about a possible attempt to target a moving train. The incident prompted the suspension of train services on the route and a multi-agency investigation involving the ATS, Intelligence Bureau, CID, National Investigation Agency (NIA) and forensic teams. The railway track blast also occurred against the backdrop of a major seizure of explosives and weapons in the border district. In October, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) recovered approximately 7 to 8 kg of suspected RDX, two Turkish-made Zigana pistols, around 600 to 800 live cartridges, magazines, batteries and remote-control devices in the Rawla Mandi area near the India-Pakistan border. Police said the main accused in the explosives recovery case had also been arrested from Pakistan. Investigators are now examining whether Mahakdeep, Devinder and their associates had any connection with the earlier explosives consignment. A senior police official said, "We are also investigating whether the accused arrested in the railway track blast case had any connection with the explosives and weapons recovered earlier near the international border. No such link has been established so far."...