JMB leader wanted for Gulshan cafe attack nabbed in Kolkata: MediaA Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader wanted in connection with the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Dhaka was arrested from a central Kolkata hideout earlier this week.Mohammad Idris, one of the "most wanted" suspects in the July 1 attack in which 20 people were killed at an upscale eatery, was hiding in the Burra Bazar area, according to information passed on by a special cell of Delhi police to Kolkata police, bdnews24.com reports quoting Indian English daily 'The Telegraph. 'The Telegraph report cited a source saying Idris was moving between Hyderabad and Kolkata, trying to recruit and radicalise youth through the Rohingya crisis.Concentrated in Myanmar's western province of Rakhine, the Rohingyas are considered by the UN as the "most persecuted minority group in the world. "As the persecution of Rohingyas is an emotional issue in Bangladesh, the JMB, intelligence sources said, is trying to use it to regroup after the government crackdown on extremist elements after the cafe attack.According to the information gathered by Delhi police, Idris was actively involved in the attack on the Gulshan cafe and fled the country immediately thereafter to escape the Bangladeshi security forces, 'The Telegraph' report said.The report quoted an 'intelligence source' saying, "Idris snuck across the border and went into hiding at a place in Colootola near Burra Bazar at least three months ago. He was taking instructions from Salehin, the top JMB leader, for the cause of the Rohingyas. "Salehin, according to the central agencies, heads both the Indian and Bangladeshi chapters of the JMB and is said to be hiding somewhere in India.A fortnight ago, a Delhi police team came to Kolkata and conducted a joint operation with the officers of the central Intelligence Bureau to pick up Idris.The operation, about which Kolkata police was not informed, had drawn a blank.After the failed attempt, the central agencies had shared the information about Idris with Kolkata police and sought their assistance.Kolkata police arrested him from Colootola and handed him over to the special cell of the Delhi police earlier this week.Sources said their counterparts in the Bangladeshi counter-terrorism unit have been informed of the catch and, if need be, would be allowed to interrogate Idris.

Source: bd News24 March 09, 2017 04:41 UTC