A four-member delegation of India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrived in Dhaka as part of its investigation into the Burdwan blast of Oct 2.
The team arrived in Dhaka around 10:35am Monday to share relevant information with their Bangladeshi counterparts. The Indian investigators might also interrogate some people here.
An improvised explosive device went off at a house in Burdwan district of India's West Bengal. The explosion killed two suspected JMB militants. It also gave rise to fears that the Indian state across Bangladesh's border might have turned into a hub for militants.
A huge stash of bomb-making materials was recovered from the spot. India subsequently warned Dhaka that the bombs being assembled there were meant for use in subversive activities in Bangladesh. Later, the NIA claimed that it had uncovered a JMB plot to assassinate Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a reaction to her firm stance against militancy.
The state minister for home, however, did not say anything about whether there would be a joint drive or how long the NIA team would stay in Bangladesh.
He said on Sunday: “Bangladesh and India have been very strict in dealing with terrorism in this part of the world. We will obviously hold talks to improve mobility.”
West Bengal police have already arrested Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and a commander of the banned Islamist militant outfit, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangaldesh (JMB).
Sajid said during interrogation that he and his wife, Fatima, had been training people at the Shimulia Madrassa, teaching them jihadi doctrine and getting them ready to take part in terror attacks.
Sajid allegedly paid Rs8.75 lakh to another accused Kausar, also a Bangladeshi national, for purchasing land for a madrassa in Burdwan.
