Indian national held ‘over Neo JMB links’

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police claimed to have arrested an Indian national, for her alleged involvement with militant outfit Neo-JMB.

The arrestee is identified as Ayesa Jannat Mohona alias Jannatut Tasnim alias Progga Debnath (25).

Based on a tip-off, a team of CTTC unit conducted drive in the capital's Sadarghat area and arrested Mohona, SK Imran Hossain, assistant commissioner of CTTC unit, told The Daily Star yesterday.

They also recovered an Indian passport, a Bangladesh birth registration certificate, a Bangladeshi national identity card and two phones from her possession.

In primary interrogation, Mohona said she is an Indian national and hailed from Keshabpur village in Hugli district of West Bengal. Quoting Mohona, Imran said she converted to Islam from Hindu religion while she was in ninth grade, in 2009. She was later drawn into religious education.

"She met members of Neo-JMB's female wing on different social media platforms. She later met with Neo-JMB female wing chief Asmani Khatun alias Asma and started working as a member," he said.

AC Imran said she recently collected a fake birth registration certificate and using the certificate, she also collected a Bangladeshi NID card to become a citizen. "Mohona even married an expatriate Bangladeshi national recently via phone call, in Oman. She started living in Bangladesh from August 10 last year," he said.