B'deshi terror grp spreading bases in India: NIA

October 14, 2019 15:04

The Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh was trying to spread its tentacles across India and a list of 125 suspects have been shared with different states, National Investigation Agency chief Y C Modi said on Monday.

Addressing a meeting of chiefs of the anti-terrorism squads, Modi said the JMB has spread its activities in states like Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala in the guise of Bangladeshi immigrants.

"The NIA has shared with states concerned a list of 125 suspected activists who have close links with the JMB leadership," he said.

Giving details of various operational theatres, Inspector General of the NIA, Alok Mittal however said the list, which was shared with the states, contains 130 suspects.

He said from 2014 to 2018, the JMB has set up 20-22 hideouts in Bengaluru and tried to spread its bases in South India.

"The JMB even conducted a trial of rocket launchers in the Krishnagiri hills along the Karnataka border," he said.

Mittal said the JMB was keen to attack Buddhists temples to take revenge for the plight of Rohingiya Muslims in Myanmar.

He said the JMB had started its activities first in 2007, initially in West Bengal and Assam, and then in other parts of the country.

"During the investigation, it was found that the 130 activists were in regular contact with the JMB leadership," he said. -- PTI

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