According to an intelligence report sent to the MHA, JMB held a secret meeting last month and planned to buy weapons and suicidal vests with the help of other terror group operating in Bangladesh.
Terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is planning to attack the elections in Bangladesh due to be held later this year, intelligence report sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed.
According to the report, the group held a secret meeting last month and made plans to to buy weapons and suicidal vests with the help of other terror groups operating in Bangladesh.
The Intelligence report accessed by Zee News reveals JMB’s deadly plan to target Bangladesh’s national elections. As per the report, during the meeting, JMB decided to recruit 300 more cadres before the general election of Bangladesh. JMB is also trying to conduct two-week weapons training in Chittagong district and also has plans to establish 50 new training centre in various districts of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh will hold the country's 11th national election in the third week of December this year as the term of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Awami League (AL) party will end in January, 2019.
"This is of serious concern to India, not only because of JMB’s cross-border presence but also due to its linkage with other terrorist groups in Bangladesh. Recent NIA report also suggests that JMB is trying to build a base in India,” a Home Ministry official told Zee News on condition with anonymity.
The JMB, meaning ‘Assembly of Holy Warriors’, is a Bangladesh-based terror outfit formed in 1998 with an aim to establish an Islamic state based on Sharia in Bangladesh.
The group also has a significant presence in India, especially in border areas. The NIA arrested a top leader of the JMB, Mohammad Jahidul Islam, from Bengaluru last month who was wanted in the Burdwan Blast case in India and in several terror cases in Bangladesh.
On October 2, 2014, a blast had occurred in a house in West Bengal's Burdwan district in which a man identified as Sakil Gazi died. The NIA in his investigation revealed that the JMB members were planning an attack in Bangladesh to overthrow the democratically elected government.
A low-intensity blast was reported at a Bodh Gaya Temple on January 19, causing panic among peoples who were gathered to hear the Dalai Lama.
''Some terror camp has been set up by JMB and other terrorist groups along Bangladesh and West Bengal border of India. This is really a cause of concern for us. There are also reports of presence of Pakistani origin Lashker Terrorists in these camps,” a senior security official said.
According to security agencies, the JMB is using border area not only for hideout but also for recruitment as well. Recruitment is done through madrasas, mosques and their network is especially active in Murshidabad, Malda and Nadia districts of West Bengal and parts of some border districts in Assam.
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