Vadodara: Police has arrested one more accused in connection with the Godhra train carnage that had claimed lives of 59 Ramsevaks on February 27.

Police on October 25 said Riyazuddin Aval, manager of Aman guest house at Singal Faliya near railway station at Godhra, was arrested on October 24, police said.

The guest house was owned by Razzaque Kurkur, who is in judicial custody after expiry of 14 days police remand, police said.

Interrogation of another accused Nanhe Mian alias Nikku Chaudhary, a dismissed police constable, who was nabbed in Uttar Pradesh, led to the arrest of Aval. Mian had frequently visited Godhra and stayed in the guest house.

Meanwhile, a special team of Gujarat police was camping in Jammu and Kashmir to investigate links of Mian who was posted there.

Mian was involved in drug trafficking and illegal sale of arms. It was, however, yet to be established if he had any link with militant outfits in Kashmir or Assam as his native village is in Naogaon district.

PTI