Two 'ABT men' held in Kolkata
A special task force of Kolkata police yesterdayarrested an arms dealer and two suspected Bangladeshis allegedly linked to militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team.
Deputy Commissioner, STF, Murlidhar Sharma said Samsad Mia, 26, alias Tushar Biswas, RiazulIslam, 25, alias Riaz alias Suman and ManotoshDey, 46, were picked up from Kolkata Railway Station between 2:30pm and 3:00pm.
Preliminary investigation found that Samsad and Riazul were Bangladeshis and members of ABT and had come to purchase arms and chemicals used for making explosives.
“ABT is responsible for the murder of several bloggers in Bangladesh and has direct links with the Al-Qaeda network in the Indian subcontinent. Samsad occupied a higher position in the ABT hierarchy,” Sharma said.
He said a fake multi-purpose Indian card called Aadhar was recovered from Samad. “We are trying to find out where and how he got the Aadhaar card done,” Sharma said.According to Kolkata police, specific inputs were received from India's Intelligence Bureau about the movements of the arrested trio.
The Bangladeshi duo had come to Kolkata not only to buy arms but also to indoctrinate sympathisers and lure youths to form a module. Hand- written papers with names such as 'Esplanade Bus Stand' and 'Eden Gardens' were found in their possession, along with a 7.32 mm pistol, a single shot pistol, a laptop, a number of pen drives and several books and documents related to Al-Qaeda, Sharma said.
Police also found that the Bangladeshi nationals had visited a number of chemical shops in Kolkata and were enquiring about chemicals specifically used for making explosives. Many visiting cards of such shops were also recovered from them.
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