The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police arrested a top Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorist from BB Ganguli Street area of central Kolkata.
A prime suspect in the October 2014 Khagragarh blast case that blew the lid off an elaborate terror network run by JMB in India, Burhan Sheikh was picked up from the central Kolkata hideout, police said.
Sheikh, who carried Rs 3 lakh on his head, hails from Simulia village in Mangalkot block of East Burdwan district.
Two terrorists were killed in an accidental blast at a Trinamool Congress leader's house at Khagragarh in October 2014. Subsequent probe by NIA blew the lid of a massive recruitment and trainingnetwork of terrorists led by JMB.