Suspected Link to Terror Outfit
Bangladeshi held in India
A Bangladeshi national, Hasibul Jamal Hasu, was arrested by a special task force of police in Kolkata on Friday for his suspected links with Pakistan-based terror outfit Harkatul Jihad al Islami (HuJI).
Another suspected HuJI activist Mizanur Rehman, who was arrested on Wednesday, had met militant group Indian Mujahideen's Second-in-Command Amir Reza Khan in 2008 at a training camp in Bangladesh, according to the task force.
Hasu had been in regular touch with Mizanur for the past 18 months and he had no valid documents to stay in India, it said.
"We have arrested Hasu,†said an officer of the task force, “and after production before the court, he has been remanded in custody till December 30."
Police said Mizanur was one of the few operatives in India who had direct links with Reza Khan.
A probe showed Mizanur had in recent years acted as a liaison between the leaders of HuJI and its Bangladesh chapter and was active in recruiting youths from Bangladesh.
The task force claimed Mizanur, 45, who was a prime accused in the abduction of prominent Indian businessman Partha Roy Burman, was one of the key logistic suppliers to HuJI activists involved in the blasts in India's Uttar Pradesh state and Delhi.
Police expect Mizanur will provide leads about Reza Khan who has remained elusive since the terror attack on United States Information Service in Kolkata in 2002.
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