While Sajidull Lashkar and Jahidull Hussain Burbhuiyya were employed in Bengaluru, Bhurhan Ahamad Burbhuiyya worked in Karnataka’s Raichur district. (Photos by special arrangement)

The Bengaluru police arrested three childhood friends from Assam in connection with Tuesday’s improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Pulakeshinagar, stating that personal rivalry was the motive behind the incident that injured two workers.

Commissioner of Police Seemant Kumar Singh said the police had examined every possible angle, including terrorism, before establishing the motive, adding that 10 police teams examined 1,500 CCTV cameras and questioned over 100 people.

The police identified the arrested men as Bhurhan Ahamad Burbhuiyya, 20, Jahidull Hussain Burbhuiyya, 27, and Sajidull Lashkar, 22, all natives of Dinanathpur in Assam’s Hailakhandi district.…