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Police in India’s West Bengal state have unearthed an illegal arms manufacturing unit in Kaliachak village, 10km from the Bangladesh border and about 4km from the home of a Burdwan blast accused who has been
arrested, the ‘Telegraph’ reported. It quoted local villagers as saying that the house where the arms were found belongs to Humayun Sheikh, a local Trinamul leader in Khaschandpur village.
Police sources have confirmed that the house belonged to Humayun, whose brother Abdul Qadir has been detained. The arms used to be made in an underground room, the police said.
District Trinamul chief Moazzem Hossain has denied any party leader’s involvement in illegal manufacture of arms. “Police are investigating the case and would surely arrest the culprits who were running such an arms manufacturing unit. But we can say that none of our party workers or local leaders is involved in this case,” Hossain said.
A police officer admitted that in the light of the Burdwan blast the force was worried after coming to know of the location of the arms unit, from where 20 pipe guns, five improvised 9mm pistols and three improvised 7mm pistols were found.
Khagragarh blast accused Zia-ul-Haque, a suspected Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative who allegedly played an active role in supplying “study materials” to madarsas in Burdwan was arrested at 16th Mile, which is 4km from the village.
Investigators had seized a laptop from Haque’s home in Malda. The sleuths said the laptop belonged to JMB operative Rezaul Karim, a blast suspect who was arrested yesterday in Jharkhand.
Nazrul Islam, who hails from Munger in Bihar, has been arrested, and a villager whom the police have not named yet has been detained with Qadir, who is a second-year student of a Kaliachak college.
“The location has left us concerned. Now that the arms manufacturing unit has been unearthed and sealed, we are trying to find out specific information.
Police in India’s West Bengal state have unearthed an illegal arms manufacturing unit in Kaliachak village, 10km from the Bangladesh border and about 4km from the home of a Burdwan blast accused who has been
arrested, the ‘Telegraph’ reported. It quoted local villagers as saying that the house where the arms were found belongs to Humayun Sheikh, a local Trinamul leader in Khaschandpur village.
Police sources have confirmed that the house belonged to Humayun, whose brother Abdul Qadir has been detained. The arms used to be made in an underground room, the police said.
District Trinamul chief Moazzem Hossain has denied any party leader’s involvement in illegal manufacture of arms. “Police are investigating the case and would surely arrest the culprits who were running such an arms manufacturing unit. But we can say that none of our party workers or local leaders is involved in this case,” Hossain said.
A police officer admitted that in the light of the Burdwan blast the force was worried after coming to know of the location of the arms unit, from where 20 pipe guns, five improvised 9mm pistols and three improvised 7mm pistols were found.
Khagragarh blast accused Zia-ul-Haque, a suspected Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative who allegedly played an active role in supplying “study materials” to madarsas in Burdwan was arrested at 16th Mile, which is 4km from the village.
Investigators had seized a laptop from Haque’s home in Malda. The sleuths said the laptop belonged to JMB operative Rezaul Karim, a blast suspect who was arrested yesterday in Jharkhand.
Nazrul Islam, who hails from Munger in Bihar, has been arrested, and a villager whom the police have not named yet has been detained with Qadir, who is a second-year student of a Kaliachak college.
“The location has left us concerned. Now that the arms manufacturing unit has been unearthed and sealed, we are trying to find out specific information.
