The NIA on Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet against 11 alleged terrorists in JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh) Dacoity Cases, Bengaluru before the NIA Special Court in Bengaluru.
The NIA had registered four cases from RC-15 to 18/2020 here. Those named in the chargesheet are Jahidul Islam, 40 (Jamalpur, Bangladesh), Najir Sheikh alias Patla Anas, 25, Asif Ikbal, 23, Adil Sheikh, 27, Abdul Karim, 21, and Mosaraf Hossain, 22, all from Murshidabad District, West Bengal. These besides, Arif Hussain alias Mota Anas, 24 of Barpeta, Assam, Kador Kazi. 33, Habibur Rahaman Sk, 28, and Mustafizur Rahman, 39 of Birbhum and Md Dilwar Hossain, 28 of Malda have also been named in the chargesheet under various Sections of the Indian Penal Coe and provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The four cases RC-15 to 18/2020/NIA/DLI were re-registered on April 1, 2020, for the dacoities committed by members of JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh) who, in February 2018, hatched a conspiracy with an intention to raise funds for the cause of the JMB on the pretext of “Maal-e-Ganimat”, the NIA said.
“In furtherance of the conspiracy, JMB members committed dacoities at four places in Bengaluru in February-April 2020,” it said.
The four cases were originally registered as FIR No. 109/2018 dated February 27, 2018 of K R Puram PS, FIR No. 119/2018 dated March 15, 2018 of Attibele PS, FIR No.69/2018 dated March 20, 2018 of Kothanur PS and FIR No. 172/2018 dated April 24, 2018 of Attibele PS, Bengaluru.
During investigation, all these accused persons were taken in police custody and were thoroughly interrogated. The main accused Jahidul Islam alias Kausar disclosed and pointed out all the hideouts where he along with his associates/JMB members had taken shelter and identified shops from where they had procured instruments for using the same in dacoities and also the houses where the crimes were committed from February to April, 2019, it further said.
Investigation also revealed that Jahidul Islam, a Bangladeshi national, who is the main conspirator and leader of JMB, a proscribed terrorist organization, was involved in promoting the activities of JMB in India. He is one of the prime accused in serial blasts in Bangladesh carried out by JMB in 2005. He is also the main conspirator in RC-03/2014/NIA/DLI (Burdwan Bomb blast Case) and RC-04/2018/NIA/DLI (Bodh Gaya Blast Case).
“The investigation established the broad network forged by JMB terrorists in India for committing terrorist and subversive activities by procuring arms and explosives, recruiting youth and conducting training camps,” it added. ‘