The National Investigation Agency arrested Bangladesh based terrorist in west Bengal

The National Investigation Agency(NIA) has arrested a suspected terrorist of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh(JMB) in West Bengal, officials said on Wednesday.

They said sleuths of NIA arrested the terrorist from the state’s South 24 Parganas district.

An official said acting on a tip-off, a team of NIA personnel conducted a search operation in Subhasgram area on Tuesday and apprehended the Bangladeshi national.

“Fake voter and Aadhaar cards have been seized from his possession. He is being interrogated. He has been involved in a fake identity card racket and has helped some locals get such bogus documents. We are trying to find out how and when he entered India. He has visited several places in the country before he started residing in South 24 Parganas,” the official said.

Several documents related to the terror group were seized from his possession, he said.

Source: Outlook India