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NIA files first FIR in Burdwan blast

by IBNS 10 Oct 2014, 08:38 am

Kolkata, Oct 10 (IBNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its first FIR in the Burdwan blast case after the Centre handed over the case to top terror probe agency of India, said media reports on Friday.

Media reports said two more detentions have been made from Ketugram in Burdwan in the case. The men were taken into custody last night in connection with SIM card distribution.

After the arrest of two women involved in bomb making, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal police had earlier arrested one  person in the Burdwan house explosion of Oct 2 that is being linked to terrorist groups from across the border with connections with al Qaeda, LeT and HUJI.

Another accused in the blast, Hasan Saheb alias Abdul Hakim, who was injured in the blast, was taken to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday.

Police earlier said the men killed in the bast were linked to Bangladesh's  Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.

Two bomb makers who died in the explosion were Shakeel Ahmed and Shobhan Mondal with the former hailing from Bangladesh.

Two women- Rejara Biwi and Amina Biwi- were arrested on Thursday in connection with the explosion in the two-storey house at Khargram, in the heart of Burdwan town.

Of the two women arrested, Rejara Biwi is the widow of Shakeel Ahmed while Amina Bibi is the wife of Hasan Saheb, the third suspected terrorist in the house who was injured and is now undergoing treatment.
 

Police said pamphlets and leaflets linked to al-Qaida and support for the cause of Chechen rebels were also found.