The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted four Bangladeshis and one Indian operative of Bangladesh-based Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with a case related to the arrest of a JMB terrorist in Kolkata.
The five chargesheeted accused Bangladeshi nationals are Najiur Rahman Pavel, alias Joseph, Mikail Khan alias Sekh Sabir, Rabiul Islam, alias Rabiul Isalm, Md Abdul Mannan Bachu, alias Mannan, and Indian national Lalu Sen alias Rahul Sen.
The case was originally registered as FIR No. 11/2021 dated July 10, 2021 at STF Police Station, Kolkata, in connection with hatching of criminal conspiracy by three Bangladeshi nationals who had illegally entered India along with their associates of JMB/AQIS, to recruit, motivate young Muslim youth in order to establish “Caliphate” and for the furtherance of terrorist activities in India and Bangladesh.
The NIA had re-registered the case on August 6 and took up the investigation.
They have been chargesheeted under various IPC sections including criminal conspiracy and relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Foreigners Act and Passport Act before the NIA Special Court, Kolkata.
“Investigation revealed that the four Bangladeshis and one Indian national were actively involved in establishing module of JMB/AQIS and had conspired to recruit vulnerable Muslim youths in furtherance of terrorist activities in India to propagate the ideology of JMB/AQIS and were planning terrorist activities in India,” the NIA said in a statement
They had received funds from Bangladesh through the hawala channel and also fraudulently obtained Indian identity documents including Aadhaar cards, Electoral Photo Identity Cards, PAN cards and Passports to evade detection and to conceal their illegal activities from the law enforcement agencies, it added.