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Twenty-nine people were killed and 40 injured when a truck fell from a bridge into a drain at Piparia near Hoshangabad on Wednesday, police said.
They were arrested on Thursday after a first information report was registered, police said.
The attacker, identified as Ved Prakash, was detained by police, which quizzed him.