Published 16:28 IST, June 8th 2020

West Bengal STF nabs a JMB biggie, second such big arrest in recent past

Special Task Force of Kolkata Police successfully arrested a key Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist from Hooghly district on Monday.

Reported by: Suryagni Roy
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Special Task Force of Kolkata Police successfully arrested a key Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist from Hooghly district on Monday. arrest cames days after a top member of same banned group was arrested from Murshidabad. SK Rezaul alias Kiron was wanted in an STF case and has been arrested from Dankuni area in Hooghly district. 

"Rezaul is a key person of JMB and he has worked in close liasoning with Salauddin. Rezaul is said to have coordinated meetings of key personnel in organization," said a senior STF officer.

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'One of leading fund collectors for JMB'

arrest is of importance as it comes after arrest of Boro Karim, a top JMB operative, a few days back. Karim who was kwn to be number 3 of outfit, was arrested from a hideout in Suti in Murshidabad district by Special Task Force(STF) of Kolkata Police. Kolkata STF along with local faction of West Bengal Police in Jangipur nabbed Abdul Karim. accused Abdul Karim alias Boro Karim was wanted in connection with a warrant issued way back on 29th vember 2017. 

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A similarity between both operatives is being matched with ir closeness to JMB head Salauddin. "Rezaul is one of leading fund collectors for JMB in India. He had close links with Kausar group as well as Salauddin group," said a senior officer of STF. arrested operative will be produced before court on Tuesday, and STF stated that more details will be available after a thorough investigation of arrested operative.

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16:28 IST, June 8th 2020