Bombs 'meant for Bangladesh'
The explosives made in Burdwan were meant for use in Bangladesh against targets, head of the seven-member Bangladeshi team now visiting Kolkata told a Bangladeshi TV channel yesterday.
The team quizzed the principal accused in the Burdwan blast case, Sajid Rahmatullah, whose actual name in police record is Md Masum Mia Soleman of Narayanganj.
Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), who is leading the team, said they were not sure what event, person or people would have been the target of the bombs.
“We also got this idea from the NIA [National Investigation Agency of India] investigators,” he said, adding that the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) network was developed in West Bengal with the help of Bangladeshi fugitive militants.
“Some local JMB activists also worked but it was the fugitives who led the establishment of the network,” said Monirul.
The JMB militant crossed the border to escape arrest and took shelter in Indian territory, presuming that getting Indian national ID cards, ration cards or other cards would be easy, he said.
The Bangladeshi team, comprised of law enforcement and intelligence agency officials, concluded their three-day visit to Kolkata to share information on militancy with NIA.
During the visit, they held several meetings with NIA investigators.
The Bangladeshi team sought the help of the Indian intelligence agencies in locating JMB fugitives.
Their visit follows the NIA officials' tour of Dhaka earlier this month.
The October 2 explosion at a Burdwan house in West Bengal killed two suspected militants and left another injured. Several people, including Sajid, have been arrested in connection with the blast in Burdwan.
In Dhaka, detectives have arrested three suspected militants and Sajid's wife, at Sadarghat in possession of explosives recently.
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