AFTER THE arrest of a suspected operative of terror outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) from Canning in West Bengal, the West Bengal Particular Job Pressure (STF) is investigating the doable causes behind the suspect’s presence within the state.
In line with STF sources, Javed Ahmed Munshi used to supply logistical help to terror outfits similar to Hijbul e Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Toiba.
Munshi visited Pakistan at the least seven instances since 1990 and had participated in a
six-month coaching programme in that nation concerning learn how to make improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs), the sources stated.
They added that Munshi was despatched by his handlers to find out the doable riverine route for smuggling arms into India from Bangladesh.
The police are additionally investigating whether or not Munshi opened any coaching modules in Bengal.
Munshi has a historical past of involvement in terror-related actions, together with his alleged position within the 2011 homicide of Shaukat Shah, a frontrunner of the Ahl-i-Hadith, and has served a number of jail phrases on terrorism-related costs, the STF sources stated.
Throughout preliminary interrogation, Munshi admitted to having visited Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan a number of instances utilizing pretend passports, appearing on the directions of his handlers, the sources claimed.
In line with police sources, Munshi had arrived within the Canning space just a few days in the past.
On December 22, a court docket in Kolkata granted transit remand of Munshi until December 31 to the Jammu and Kashmir police.
He was arrested from Canning in a joint operation by the J&Okay Police and West Bengal STF.
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