NEW DELHI, Nov 3: A Bangladeshi national allegedly connected with the banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) and working for creating fake Indian identities to facilitate entry of JMB terrorists, has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from West Bengal.
The case pertains to online recruitment and radicalisation of the youth by the JMB. The arrest of accused Mohammed Abdul Mannan Bachu from Panchghara village in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, was made during a search operation in West Bengal on Tuesday, an official spokesman said on Wednesday.
Bachu belongs to Bangila Chadshi in Bangladesh’s Barisal.
“The case relates to conspiracy of online radicalisation and recruitment of vulnerable Muslim youth by JMB/AQIS [al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent] in India and Bangladesh. The NIA had registered the case on August 6, 2021. Till now, five accused have been arrested in this case,” said the agency.
The latest searches also led to the seizure of electronic devices, fake Indian Voter ID cards, Aadhaar cards and other papers that were used to create such identification documents.
“The accused was involved in arranging fake Indian identity documents for the terrorists of JMB who had illegally entered India,” the NIA said.
(Manas Dasgupta)
