NIA files 4th chargesheet against blast accused

Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed its fourth supplementary chargesheet against three accused in the Burdwan blast case at its special court on Monday.

The three are Mohammed Rubel and Jahidul Islam, residents of Bangladesh and Sahidul Islam, a resident of Assam.

While Rubel is originally from Rajshahi, Jahidul is from Tangail and Sahidul is from Barpeta. The NIA stated, “the said accused persons, being members of the terrorist organization, Jamat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (a proscribed terrorist organization in Bangladesh), which was responsible for the Burdwan Blast, associated themselves with other members of the JMB in terrorist activities and criminally conspired with the arrested as well as absconding co-accused to carry out subversive activities like collection of funds, recruitment of vulnerable Muslim youths into the fold of JMB, imparting training to them and motivating them to make hand-made weapons like bows and arrows, etc., radicalising them to fight against members of other communities within India as well as waging war against an Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India.”

The trio were arrested along with three others by the special task force of the Kolkata Police in September last year and were later remanded in the NIA custody. They face several other charges.