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Three suspected Bangladeshi terrorists nabbed by Kolkata STF sent to police custody
Three suspected Bangladeshi terrorists were arrested by the Kolkata STF officials yesterday.
Highlights
- Three suspected terrorists were arrested by Kolkata STF.
- They were nabbed following inputs from IB
- They are linked to banned Islamist outfit ABT
Kolkata: Three suspected terrorists, who were arrested by the Special Task Force of the Kolkata Police yesterday, were sent to police custody till December 5 by a local court on Wednesday.
The suspected terrorists, believed to be associated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were arrested by a Special Task Force team following credible inputs from the central intelligence bureau.
The STF team also seized several documents linked to the al Qaeda from their possession.
The terrorists, identified as Montosh Dey (46), and two Bangladeshi nationals - Sanshad Miya (26) and Rizaul Islam (25), are members of the Anshar Bangla Team (ABT) - a banned terrorist outfit in Bangladesh and other countries.
Kolkata Special Task Force (STF) Deputy Commissioner Murlidhar Sharma had told media that the suspected terrorists had been living illegally in India for last one and a half years and were arrested on the basis of inputs provided by the Intelligence Bureau.
The three men are also allegedly involved in the killing of several Bangladeshi bloggers, Sharma said.