Indian nat’l security adviser visits Burdwan blast site
India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today visited Burdwan district in West Bengal where a blast this month raised apprehensions about a terror plot with links to banned outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.
The visit came three days after India’s state intelligence agency revealed that those involved with the blast, including the two killed, were all members of Bangladesh’s JMB, our New Delhi correspondent reports.
Doval, one of the most trusted officers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was accompanied by Indian National Security Guard chief Jayanta Narayan Choudhury and National Investigation Agency Director General Sharad Kumar during the visit.
Ahead of his trip to Burdwan, Doval was quoted in a local daily that investigators were working to unravel a large network of JMB and that the case had serious implications.
He had said the governments of India and Bangladesh were working in close coordination in the fight against terrorism. “Both the countries enjoy excellent bilateral relation.”
The October 2 explosion at the Burdwan house killed two suspected militants -- Shakil Ahmed and Sovan Mandal -- and left another one named Hasan Saheb injured. Three people -- Rajira Bibi alias Rumi, Amina Bibi and Hafez Mollah alias Hasan -- were arrested after the blast.
A report will be prepared on the blast case by Indian government for sharing it with its Bangladeshi counterpart.
After the visit, Doval left for Kolkata where he is expected to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other officials of her government over the ongoing Burdwan probe.
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