NIA files supplementary chargesheet in Barpeta JMB terror module case

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 3

The NIA today filed first supplementary chargesheet in Barpeta, Assam Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror module case in a special court, Guwahati, against two accused Hafizur Rahman and Azaharuddin Ahmed under various sections of UAPA.

In an official statement, the agency said it had re-registered the case in December last year based on the Assam Police FIR. After getting a tip-off from sources, the police had launched a search operation at Hafizur Rahman’s house, from where they had recovered a country-made revolver, four rounds of live ammunition and Jehadi literature, it said, adding that a case was then registered by the Barpeta Police against Rahman.

“On the disclosure of Rahman, other trained cadres of JMB namely Yakub Ali, Sariful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Md. Hafiz Safikul Islam and Azaharuddin Ahmed were arrested,” the NIA said.

The NIA had already filed a chargesheet against five accused — Rahman, Ali, Islam, Mustafizur Rahman and Md Hafiz Safikul Islam —in January in the case. The agency said further investigation has revealed that the accused are trained members of JMB, a proscribed terrorist organisation in India and Bangladesh. “The accused were recruited by Sahanur Alom alias Sahanur Alam alias Doctor of Barpeta district, who was earlier arrested by NIA,” it said, adding that he has already been convicted and sentenced to eight years of jail in Burdwan blast case on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts and training members of JMB.

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