Jalpaiguri, Oct. 9 -- The Jalpaiguri police have arrested two more absconding accused persons for their direct involvement in the attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh in North Bengal, Superintendent of Police (SP) Jalpaiguri said.

The two accused were arrested around 3 am on Thursday from the Nagrakata area.

According to the police official, they have been identified as Shahanoor Alam and Tofail Hossain.

BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh, who the miscreants attacked along with Khagen Murmu, called the arrests an "eyewash" and said that they will identify whether the persons arrested were involved in the incident or not.

Shankar Ghosh told ANI, "First, we have to identify the person who is being arrested - whether they are invol...