15 JMB terrorists entered India, moved to Kashmir and other States: official

At least 15 neo Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operatives have entered West Bengal from the neighbouring nation earlier this 12 months and 10 of them moved to varied components of India together with Jammu and Kashmir, an officer of Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) mentioned on Monday, July 12, 2021.

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The remaining 5 had stayed again in West Bengal and three of them, who’re Bangladeshi nationals, had been arrested from south Kolkata’s Haridevpur space on Sunday, the officer mentioned.

It was revealed throughout interrogation of the three individuals that 10 suspected JMB operatives have gone to Odisha, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir, the IPS officer mentioned.

The other two, who had stayed again within the state, had been Sheikh Sakil and Salim Munshi, and the STF is on the lookout for them.

“Sakil had helped them (the three others) in preparing fake Aadhaar cards which they had used to get accommodation on rent in Haridevpur. The three came to India following the instructions of senior JMB leader Al Ameen,” he mentioned.

The thre e— Najiur Rahman, Rabiul Islam and Sabir — used to promote fruits and mosquito curtains for a dwelling.

Coordination with Bangladesh Police

The STF has contacted the Bangladesh Police to know particulars of the arrested trio, the officer mentioned, including that the owner of the home of which that they had taken two rooms on lease was referred to as for questioning.

“We need to know how he came to know these persons, he said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday also started collecting information about the three arrested JMB operatives.

“We have began gathering details about them and attempting to discover out who else are related to them. We are at a really preliminary stage,” an NIA officer mentioned.

Meanwhile, when produced earlier than a metropolis courtroom, the three suspected operatives of the Bangladesh-based banned outfit had been remanded to 14 days’ police custody.

Several paperwork, together with jihadi supplies, lists of prime JMB leaders and their associates in other terror teams had been seized from their possession.

Various JMB operatives together with Indians had been arrested from West Bengal previously few years.

The JMB, which carried out a terror assault at a preferred cafe in Dhaka in 2016 by which 22 individuals together with 17 foreigners had been killed, is attempting to unfold its tentacles in India, the NIA had mentioned in 2019.