Police have detained three Myanmar citizens for their suspected link with Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and the October 2 Bardhaman blast in West Bengal.
The detainees were identified as Nur Hossain aka Rafikul Islam, 26, Yasir Arafat, 22, and Omar Karim, 25.
DMP Deputy Commissioner Krishnapada Roy, in a press conference, said police arrested the Rohingya militants from Lalbagh’s Etimkhana intersection on Sunday night.
However, Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of DMP, earlier told the Dhaka Tribune that the three detainees were JMB members.
Police also recovered five detonators, two gel bombs and 100 grams of explosives from the possessions of the detainees, said Krishnapada Roy.
He also informed that the three are include in the list made by the NIA and Bangladesh law enforcers over the Bardhaman blast.
Earlier on Sunday, a Bangladesh delegation came to a concrete conclusion after visiting India that Bangladesh-origin militants were involved in the Bardhaman blast.
The Indian officials after the blast had claimed that members of the banned Islamist group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were involved in the grenade explosion that killed two persons.
