After the Indian prime minister’s recent assurance of combating militancy hand in hand with Bangladesh, this week’s Delhi tour of the Bangladesh home minister seems vital for both the countries as they face the common problem of rising militant activities.
The Indian intelligence officials are set to brief Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, when he lands in Delhi on July 27, about the spread of the Islamic State group in South Asia, especially India with the help of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies of the two countries had strengthened information sharing about militant activities mainly after the blasts at a JMB den in Burdwan of West Bengal on October 2, 2014.
The cooperation will reach a new height during Kamal’s upcoming tour as the National Intelligence Agency of India has unearthed a possible link of JMB and IS to the July 1 Gulshan terror attack that killed two dozens of people – mostly foreigners including an Indian student.
Kamal will visit the NIA Headquarters Wednesday afternoon and discuss one-on-one the recent militant activities with its chief Sharad Kumar. Then Kamal would be given a special multimedia presentation by the intelligence officials about IS activities in India – recruitment and training – aided by the JMB members.
After the Burdwan blast incident, officials of NIA and Dhaka’s DB police said the JMB had started working in West Bengal in 2006 and had spread its root in different areas by recruiting members and giving them training at madrasas.
Two days after the Gulshan attack, the Indian officials captured an IS operative named Abu Musa al-Bangali from Burdwan. Musa, who hails from Birbhum in West Bengal, has revealed to the police the name of an acquaintance, Mohammad Solaiman, who was a JMB member. He said the duo had met several times in India.
NIA officials suspect that Solaiman is one of the masterminds behind the Gulshan attack. But he was not in Bangladesh during the operation and now hiding in a secret camp inside India.
Musa is currently under the custody of West Bengal CID police, but he is set to be handed over to the NIA within a day or two. They hope to get crucial information about the activities of IS in India and its link to the Bangladeshi militants.
Senior officials of the NIA confirmed to the Bangla Tribune about sharing these information with the visiting Bangladeshi minister.
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The Indian intelligence officials are set to brief Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, when he lands in Delhi on July 27, about the spread of the Islamic State group in South Asia, especially India with the help of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies of the two countries had strengthened information sharing about militant activities mainly after the blasts at a JMB den in Burdwan of West Bengal on October 2, 2014.
The cooperation will reach a new height during Kamal’s upcoming tour as the National Intelligence Agency of India has unearthed a possible link of JMB and IS to the July 1 Gulshan terror attack that killed two dozens of people – mostly foreigners including an Indian student.
Kamal will visit the NIA Headquarters Wednesday afternoon and discuss one-on-one the recent militant activities with its chief Sharad Kumar. Then Kamal would be given a special multimedia presentation by the intelligence officials about IS activities in India – recruitment and training – aided by the JMB members.
After the Burdwan blast incident, officials of NIA and Dhaka’s DB police said the JMB had started working in West Bengal in 2006 and had spread its root in different areas by recruiting members and giving them training at madrasas.
Two days after the Gulshan attack, the Indian officials captured an IS operative named Abu Musa al-Bangali from Burdwan. Musa, who hails from Birbhum in West Bengal, has revealed to the police the name of an acquaintance, Mohammad Solaiman, who was a JMB member. He said the duo had met several times in India.
NIA officials suspect that Solaiman is one of the masterminds behind the Gulshan attack. But he was not in Bangladesh during the operation and now hiding in a secret camp inside India.
Musa is currently under the custody of West Bengal CID police, but he is set to be handed over to the NIA within a day or two. They hope to get crucial information about the activities of IS in India and its link to the Bangladeshi militants.
Senior officials of the NIA confirmed to the Bangla Tribune about sharing these information with the visiting Bangladeshi minister.
- See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/banglad...ief-kamal-spread-network#sthash.iLH5QGyJ.dpuf
