AGENCIES
Police in West Bengal has arrested two Jamatul Mujahiddin Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists involved in a low-intensity blast in the Buddhist pilgrim town Bodh Gaya in Bihar during the Dalai Lama’s visit last month.
An official of Special Task Forces (STF) of the police said in Kolkata that Paigamber Sheikh, 24, and Jamirul Sheikh, 31, were arrested by STF on Wednesday.
Sheikh was arrested from his home in Kankuria village in Murshidabad district, while Jamirul, who hails from Ratanpur in the same district, was nabbed from Darjeeling, the official said. Nearly 50 kg ammonium nitrate, materials used to make explosives and a laptop computer were seized from them.
A low-intensity blast was reported at a kitchen set up at the Kaalchintan Ground in the temple town on January 19, causing panic among devotees gathered to hear the Dalai Lama’s discourse. The STF official said the two men admitted to their links with the JMB.
The STF has informed the National Investigating Agency (NIA), which is probing the blast, about the arrests.