In a major breakthrough the special task force of the Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested three Jamat ul Mujahideen (Bangladesh) terrorists from a middle-class locality of the State Capital, STF chief N Solomon said.
The threesome have been living in a rented house in Behala area of south-eastern Kolkata, the police officer said adding “some firearms, mobile phones, a diary containing the names of some JMB leaders and some other incriminating documents have also been recovered from them.”
Three suspected JMB terrorists have been identified as Naziur Rehman, Shabbir and Rezaul, sources said.
One of the arrested persons was in contact with some ISIS activists via facebook, sources said adding, police are investigating whether the
group had planned any major attack in Bengal or any other place.
“The Bangladesh administration has also been alerted and we are gathering information from them,” the top officer said.