KOLKATA: Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Myanmar national from southern Indian city of Hyderabad in connection with the Burdwan blast case.

The agency, probing the October 2 blast in Burdwan of West Bengal, identified the 38-year-old arrestee as Khaleed alias Khalid Mohammed.

NIA said, “He has admitted to have undergone training conducted by Tehereek-e-Azadi Arakan with trainers from Tehereeke-Taliban, Pakistan.”

Khalid is stated to be involved in running terror camps in border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.

He was found in possession of incriminating videos of training materials, literature relating to poisons, IED-making, bomb-making, explosives and Jihadi literature including ISIS.

It said Khalid has been staying in Hyderabad and managed to fake identity documents and was found without valid documents.

This is the third arrest of a key suspect in the blast after alleged mastermind of the incident Rezaul Karim Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and stated to be a chief commander of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), and Zia-ul-Haque were apprehended from Kolkata few days back.

Sajid is the first Bangladeshi to be arrested in Burdwan blast case.   

On October 2, the blast in a house at Khagragarh in Burdwan town left one Shakil Ahmed dead on the spot while another victim Sovan Mandal died at a hospital. Both were suspected to have links with the JMB.

Zia-ul-Haque is suspected to be a key motivator of the terror module and a close associate of key accused Sajid.

BDST: 2149 HRS, NOV 18, 2014