Two persons hailing from Coimbatore have been arrested in Thrissur for their suspected involvement in the April 17 bomb blast in front of the BJP office in Bangalore, police said on Sunday.
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Sulfikar Ali, 22, and Shabeer, 24, were arrested from the house of Shabeer's relative at Kecheri near Kunnamkulam in the district on Saturday, they said.
The arrest was made by a police team from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu after following the duo's mobile phone signals, they said.
With this the total number of arrests in connection with the blast, that left 17 persons injured, including 11 policemen, has risen to 13.
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