Detectives find madrasa link
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the recent bomb blast at Burdwan in West Bengal has learnt that the militant group involved in the explosion was working centring on a madrasa.
Investigators said those arrested from West Bengal and Assam in connection with the explosion were associated with the madrasa in Mangalkot, reports the BBC Bangla.
The October 2 explosion at a house in Khagragarh in Burdwan killed two suspected militants -- Shakil Ahmed and Sobhan Mandal -- and left another person named Hasan Saheb injured.
The NIA investigators continued searching the madrasa since the blast at the house where a huge number of bombs and bomb-making materials were found.
Many books written in Bangla and Arabic were among the materials seized from the madrasa. Bullets, boxing gloves and roller skates were also found.
At least 12 people were arrested so far from West Bengal and Assam.
The two women who were arrested from the spot were initially students of the madrasa and later became teachers there. Some of those arrested from Assam also study there.
After the news of the madrasa's link came out, Moulana Siddikulla Chowdhury, chief of Madrasa Samunnay Samity of West Bengal, said, "Such activities are going on in the guise of madrasa and religion. The madrasa was established suddenly and does not bother about Islamic principles. Islam never supports such terrorist activities in the name of religion -- it's forbidden."
Last week, Indian media citing detectives reported that a government probe found that the explosives manufactured in the house were being sent to Bangladesh.
The Indian press also reported that some Bangladeshi JMB militants had links with the blast.
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