DHAKA: Kolkata Police nabbed six members of an extremist organization Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from West Bengal and Assam) on Monday (September 26).

Four out of the six arrested were wanted in the 2014 Khagragarh blast case. Anwar Hussain Farooq, the outfit’s West Bengal chief who had a bounty of Indian Rupee 10 lakh on his head announced by NIA, is among those arrested by police, reports the Indian Express.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vishal Garg said “These people were not in West Bengal after Khagragarh blast. They had left the state and moved to South India and North Eastern states.

“They were planning subversive activities in some South Indian states. We are trying to find out the details”, he added.

The police also said they were comprised to carry out violent acts in different parts of the country.

Jamaat ul Mujahideen was founded in 1998 in Bangladesh and was banned in February 2005.

Its members are also accused of carrying out attacks against secular bloggers in Bangladesh.

BDST: 1507 HRS, SEP 26, 2016
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