Thane: Police have arrested three youths, including two brothers, for allegedly planting an explosive in a bottle to kill a man who had asked one of them to stay away from a girl in Padgha village in the district. One woman was seriously injured in the explosion which occurred on July 28. The accused are identified as Pramod Dalvi, Siddesh Dalvi and Roshal Shelar.

The trio had allegedly placed a bag containing the bottle wrapped in a gift pack on two-wheeler of one Abhijit Gharat on July 26, said district SP Mahesh Patil in a press conference here today. He said Gharat took the parcel inside his house, but kept it aside due to foul odour coming from it.