Staff Reporter :
A regional leader of the banned militant outfit Jamaa’tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and also a key accused in the 2014 Burdwan blast case in India was detained by law enforcers The detained militant has been identified as Abu Syed, the Operational Chief of JMB’s Southern Zone, said Sonaton Chakrabarty, Additional Superintendent of Police (sadar circle and media) of Bogra.
Abu Syed, known also as Karim, Talha and Shaymol, is a Shura member of JMB, the police official said.
“Syed, a prime suspect in the Burdwan blast case, is wanted by Indian police,” Home Ministry sources said.
Sonaton Chakrabarty said, “A joint team of Bogra DB police and the intelligence department of the police headquarters raided Omarpur after being sure of the militant’s presence there. Syed was detained around 1:00am.”
He was produced in the court on Saturday afternoon, according to him.
A 9mm pistol, a magazine, bullets, a knife and an unregistered motorcycle were seized during the raid, he added. Earlier, two men were killed and another was injured in an explosion at a house in Khagragarh in West Bengal’s Burdwan on October 2 in 2014. Two women were also arrested from the house.
Investigators said that they believed all the five were members of JMB. The militant group is believed to have been using West Bengal as a sanctuary. JMB is also suspected to have established ties with several madrasas in the bordering districts of Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia.
