Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested a resident of Myanmar from Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh in connection with the Burdwan blast case of West Bengal.
21-year-old suspect had been identified as Khalid Mohammed. On behalf of fake identity, suspect was living in the capital of Telangana. He had been arrested on Monday.
NIA said Khalid has links with Tahreek-e-Taliban and is an IED expert. He is also said to be involved in running terror camps in bordering areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Jihadi literature related to ISIS was also recovered from him.
The arrest of Khalid had been come at a time when team of NIA in Bangladesh to probe the terror trail linked with the blast in Burdwan district.
India is seeking cooperation to unravel the plans of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror outfit allegedly responsible for the October 2 blast in Burdwan which killed two suspected terrorists.
Notify that NIA has already had some major success in its probe. Chief commander of JMB for Burdwan module, Sajid, a Bangladeshi national, Amjad Sheikh and Zia-ul-Haque who allegedly procured explosives are already under arrest. Bangladesh’s elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has captured Sajid’s brother Mohammad Monayem.
Bureau Report
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