National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Monday, arrested two Bangladeshi nationals identified as Hamidullah and Mohammed Sahadat Hussain from Bhopal, in the case relating to the arrest of six active cadres of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). Along with them, three illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were also held from Aishbagh, Bhopal.
According to official sources, the accused were found involved in propagating JMB ideology and motivating the youth to carry out jihad against India. Sources further said that the highly radicalised Bangladeshi nationals were posting ' hateful and incriminating material online'.
The arrested individuals were close associates of the already arrested six JMB cadres and were using encrypted apps to communicate with their handlers/ associates in India and Bangladesh.
"They were arrested in a case related to the arrest of six active cadre of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including three illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, from Aishbagh in Bhopal early this year," the NIA sources said.
The arrested accused (Hamidullah and Hussain) are highly radicalised individuals and involved in propagating Jihad by posting hateful and incriminating materials online in various groups on different social media platforms to radicalise other people.
So far, nine JMB cadres have been arrested by the NIA. A case in this regard was originally registered at Police Station STF Bhopal on March 14. An Islamic terrorist organisation operating in Bangladesh, the JMB is also listed as a terror organization by the United Kingdom.