Suspected Jamaat terrorist arrested from Bandel station

Kolkata: A suspected member of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was arrested by the special task force (STF) of the Kolkata police from the Bandel railway station in Hooghly on Sunday evening.

Hajibullah, the accused in his mid-fifties, was involved in an explosion at Bodh Gaya during the visit of Tibetan spiritual monk Dalai Lama in January this year. He is a resident of Shamshergunge in Murshidabad.

Acting on a tip-off an STF team caught him at around 8.45 pm from near the ticket counter of the station. Hajibullah had been hiding in the district for a long time. Deputy commissioner of (STF) Murlidhar Sharma said that Hajibullah helped the Bangladeshi terror outfit to procure explosives used to carry out the blast.

The accused was booked under sections 121 and 121A (waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India), 123 (concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war) and 125 (waging war against any Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

He was brought to Kolkata and was produced at the Bankshall Court on Monday. The accused has been remanded in police custody till June 24. The National Investigation Agency which has been probing the case is likely to interrogate him.

Earlier Paygambar Sheikh and Jamirul Sheikh, two alleged members of the outfit also from Murshidabad, were caught with large quantities of explosives and gadgests by the police.

Later two more Alam Momin and Shees Mohammed were caught. Interrogating them, the investigators traced Hajibullah.