Staff Reporter :Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was planning to make rocket launchers with lathe machines, based on designs downloaded from the internet in cell phones, Indian counter-terror agency investigating the October 2blast at Bardhaman in West Bengal, reports Hindustan Times. The two alleged bomb makers Shamim Shakil Ahmed and Swapan Mondal died in the explosion.Abdul Hakim who was also injured in the blast – confirmed that the entire gang, including the two dead, belonged to the outlawed militant outfit JMB.But Hakim refused to disclose further, saying he did not trust Indian police.Shakil Ahmed’s wife Rumi Bibi said that the gang was trying to reproduce the weapons using a lathe machine, investigators said.Photos of rocket launcher’s designs and projectiles were found in the records of phones destroyed in the blast.Investigators have pieced together evidence using IMEI numbers of the mobile phones to trace JMB operatives.Meanwhile, the Indian detective agency CID on Monday intensified its search of a Bangladeshi national and JMB operative named Kausar who took delivery of a consignment of IEDs.Rumi Bibi had told security agencies that they sent four consignments of bombs in the last three months through Kausar and another man called Rasiq.Investigations showed Kausar was the main motivator and carried bombs in a black rucksack along with Rasiq. Despite having their phone records, Indian and Bangladeshi agencies haven’t been able to trace the duo.
