India, April 2 -- One of the two brothers, who used to run the household firecracker manufacturing unit in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, where a blast killed eight family members, was arrested on Wednesday, police said.

"We have arrested Chandrakanta Banik, one of the two brothers who used to run the firecracker unit. The other one Tushar Banik is still absconding," said Koteswara Rao, superintendent of Sundarban police district.

Eight members of a family, including four children, were killed in the explosion late on Monday night.

Three family members, including the two Banik brothers and their mother, were not in the house at the time of the incident.

"We have already registered a case under various sections of the Bharat...