Arrested JMB men trying to build terror module in Bengal: STF official

three neo-Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists who were arrested in Kolkata were in process of building modules in West Bengal, a senior official of Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police said on Tuesday.

It is suspected that y have associates in some districts of state, he said.

"Initial interrogation revealed that JMB operatives were trying to build modules in West Bengal. se militants may have links with terror groups such as Al Qaeda or Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI). documents seized from m indicate this," official said.

STF arrested JMB operatives Najiur Rahman, Rabiul Islam and Sabir from Haridevpur area of South Kolkata on Sunday. y are Bangladeshi nationals who had used forged documents to get a room on rent.

ir linkman, identified as Salim Munshi, had used identity card of an unsuspecting elderly man to prepare a fake identity card for Najiur, officer said.

Najiur became Jayram Byapari in fake identity card and elderly man his far.

"Munshi had used identity card to prepare a fake identity card. He borrowed it from an old man on pretext that his bror was coming from Bangladesh and required a document to get a driving licence to drive an autorickshaw," officer said.

three persons had come from Bangladesh to Kolkata a few months ago.

Several documents, including jihadi materials, lists of top JMB leaders and ir associates in or terror groups were seized from ir possession.

A number of JMB operatives including Indians were arrested from West Bengal in past few years.

JMB, which carried out a terror attack at a popular cafe in Dhaka in 2016 in which 22 people including 17 foreigners were killed, is trying to spread its tentacles in India, NIA had said in 2019.