JMB Bhopal case: NIA arrests 2 allegedly linked with Bangladesh-based terror outfit

National Investigation ncy (NIA) on Monday arrested two accused in connection with JMB Bhopal case. case is related to arrest of six active members of Banglesh-based proscribed terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), including three illegal immigrants from Bhopal in July this year, who were allegedly involved in propagating JMB ideology and motivating youth to carry out violence against India.

two arrested have been identified as Hamidullah and Mohamm Sahat Hussain. arrested accused are believed to be highly ricalised individuals and involved in posting hateful and incriminating materials online in various groups on different social media platforms. 

two accused are claimed to be close associates of earlier arrested accused persons in instant case and were found using encrypted apps to communicate with ir associates in India and Banglesh. Meanwhile, NIA is carrying out its inquiry and is investigating matter in hand.

JMB Bhopal case

tably, case was initially registered on March 14 this year in Bhopal and n was re-registered by NIA on April 5, 2022. Following this, NIA also conducted searches at six locations in Mhya Presh, Uttar Presh and Bihar. searches were conducted at four locations in Mhya Presh's Bhopal and and one each in Bihar's Katihar and Saharanpur in Uttar Presh, reported PTI. 

During searches, digital devices, including mobile phones, SIM cards and memory cards, bank account details, incriminating documents and literature were also seized.  arrested men were identified as Fazhar Ali alias Mehmood (32), Mohd Aqeel alias Ahmed (24), Zahooruddin alias Ibrahim alias Milon Pathan alias Jauhar Ali (28) and Fazhar Zainul Abdeen alias Akram Al Hasan alias Hussain.

JMB is outfit that carried out a terror attack at a popular cafe in Banglesh’s Dhaka in year 2016. At least 22 people were killed in attack. Recently, it has been claimed that outfit is trying to lay its roots in India w. In 2014, terror group carried out bomb blasts in Bardhaman, West Bengal, in which two people were killed; followed by ar attack in Bodh Gaya in 2018.