The dossier on Burdwan blast India is expected to share with Bangladesh soon would contain shocking details of the larger conspiracy that may lead the two countries to join hands in earnest to tackle jihadi terrorism whose fangs are threatening to dig deep.
Probe by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other agencies have revealed that basic aim of the wide-spread network of Jamat-ul-Mujahideen of Bangladesh (JMB) was to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in Bangladesh and three districts of West Bengal viz. Murshidabad, Nadia and Malda through a violent armed struggle.
The game plan of the JMB, sources said, seems that it wanted to repeat the 2005 Bangladesh serial to plunge the entire targeted area into chaos and use that opportunity to gain currency and re-establish itself.
"The border towns and areas in Bangladesh contiguous to Murshidabad, Nadia and Malda and some other districts also seem to be part of the same conspiracy being hatched by the JMB. This is wake up call for Bangladesh too," sources said.
The four consignments of 30 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) each totalling 120 IEDs were sent to Bangladesh for this very purpose, sources said.
On August17, 2005, JMB had exploded around 500 bombs at 300 locations within a period of half-an-hour in 63 of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. The conspiracy that sent shock waves throughout the country led to a massive crackdown against JMB by the Bangladesh government. The chief of JMB, Shaykh Abdur Rahman, known as Bangla Bhai and alleged to be affiliated with al Qaeda, was later hanged by the Bangladesh government.
To achieve this objective, top leaders of JMB sitting in Bangladesh and ably supported by outside elements like Pakistan's ISI and IM, were doing their work meticulously for at least the last seven to eight years by sending their trained JMB cadres and roping in local youths, especially young women.
The main point person of recent Burdwan blast was JBM's Sajid of Bangladesh who along with his wife Fatima was the lead jihadi trainer at Simulia madrasa in Burdwan.
Two more trainers from Bangladesh - Talha and Suman alias Sadik were assisting Sajid to impart training in gun and arrow shooting, physical training, bomb making, delivery of jihadi talk and how to show the plight of Muslims through videos to woo young minds.
To speed up the process of spreading terror network, JMB had sent their senior functionary Rahail Faroukh to India a year ago who had stayed in Lalgola Madarsa of Murshidabad.
Soon after Sajid with financial help coming via Bangladesh route purchased land worth Rs. 8.75 lakh in Simulia Chatti village in Beldanga in 2013 to set up a new jihadi madrasa which was under construction. The recovery of multiple SIM cards belonging to Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Bangladesh from the house of another JMB cadre Zahirul Sheikh in Nadia clearly indicate that the JMB has well founded international network that needs to be tracked down by both countries, a senior security official said.
ED registers money laundering case
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against suspected Indian operatives and an ultra outfit of Bangladesh to probe terror funding crimes in the aftermath of the Burdwan blast in West Bengal. This action is stated to be one of the rare cases where the ED has registered a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case to probe terror funding in the country and abroad."The agency's Kolkata zonal office has registered a case under the PMLA against Hassan Sahib and other members of Jammat-ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh in Burdwan blast case. The agency suspects terror funding in this case and it will probe this angle," the ED said in a statement.
NIA announces cash rewards for arrest of Burdwan blast accused
After gathering all the material from the Burdwan blast site in West Bengal, NIA on Friday announced cash rewards for the arrest of 12 absconders who are wanted in connection with an alleged conspiracy to target installations in Bangladesh. NIA announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh each against five absconders and another Rs 5 lakh each for three accused with Rs 3 lakh being the reward declared for the remaining four. All of them are alleged to be associated with banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh. NIA announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for main accused Kausar, Nasirullah, Sajid (all believed to be Bangladesh nationals) and Talha Sheikh and Maulana Yusuf Sheikh (residents of West Bengal). Public can send emails on 'assistance.nia@gov.in' and 'info.kol.nia@gov.in' besides contacting on the telephone nos. 23438200, 8285100100 in Delhi and 8336926666, 8336926633 in Kolkata.
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