NIA charges five dangerous JMB operatives
New
Delhi,
Jan
25:
The
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
has
filed
a
charge
sheet
against
five
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen,
Bangladesh
operatives
in
connection
with
the
Barpeta
case.
The
NIA
has
charged
Hafizur
Rahman
(A-1),
Yakub
Ali
(A-2),
Sariful
Islam
(A-3),
Mustafizur
Rahman
(A-5)
and
Md.
Hafiz
Safikul
Islam
under
various
provisions
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
and
the
Arms
Act.
Investigation has revealed that the accused persons are trained members of JMB, a proscribed terrorist organisation in India and Bangladesh. Accused persons were recruited by one Sahanur Alom of Barpeta District.
Sahanur Alom was earlier arrested by the NIA in the Burdwan blast case. He has already been convicted and sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment in Burdwan blast case on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts in India and recruiting and training other members of JMB.
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Accused persons in the instant case have undergone training as JMB cadres in Barpeta at the house of Sahanur Alom and some of accused were also trained at Simulia Madrasa in West Bengal.
Accused persons procured weapons and ammunitions in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act in pursuance of Jihadi Ideology of JMB, a proscribed terrorist organisation.