Bengaluru, Oct. 25 -- A personal feud and family dispute allegedly lay behind the explosion at an under-construction building on Jermia Road in Pulakeshinagar on October 20. Bengaluru East Division police have arrested three men accused of plotting to kill a security guard by sending him a parcel containing an improvised explosive device (IED), Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said.

The arrested persons are Zahidul Hussain Barbhuiya, 27, Sajidul Lashkar, 22, and Burhan Ahmed Barbhuiya, 20, who hail from Deenanathpur in Assam.

Police investigations revealed that Zahidul Hussain and Allaudin, who worked as a security guard at the building, were relatives but had developed intense hostility over land and financial disputes. Zahidul ...