The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a suspected Myanmar national, from Hyderabad in connection with the Burdwan blast case. He was allegedly trained by Pakistan-based terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban-Pakistan.
Khaleed alias Khalid Mohammed, who had been residing in Hyderabad on the basis of fake documents, was arrested by NIA on Monday. This is the seventh arrest made by NIA in connection with the Burdwan blast case.Khaleed is a trained expert in Improvised Explosive Device/explosives and belongs to Rohingiya Solidarity Organisation and has links with Bangladesh-based terrorist groups.
Khaleed was involved in running terror camps in bordering areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.Searches at his Hyderabad residence led to the recovery of his laptop which contained incriminating videos of training materials, literature relating to various kinds of poison, IED-making, bomb-making, explosives and jehadi literature including that relating to ISIS.“He has admitted to have undergone training conducted by Tehreek-e-Azadi-Arakan with trainers from Tehreek-e-Taliban-Pakistan,” NIA said in a statement. He did not have valid travel documents and managed to create fake identity documents, the statement added.