IANS
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A Kolkata court yesterday sent Myanmar national Khalid Mohamed and two Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants to eight days in the custody of the the National Investigation Agency in connection with the October 2 Burdwan blast.
Khalid Mohamed alias Kaleed, belonging to the Rohingiya Solidarity Organisation and having links with Bangladesh-based terrorist groups, was arrested on Monday from Hyderabad by the NIA and brought to Kolkata earlier yesterday.
According to the NIA, Khalid is an expert in explosives and underwent training conducted by Tehreek-e-Azadi-Arakan with trainers from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
Eight accused, including Khalid, JMB commander and blast mastermind Sajid and JMB militant Amjad Sheikh, were presented before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohamed Mumtaz Khan.
“Khalid along with blast mastermind Sajid alias Sheikh Rahamatullah and Amjad Sheikh have been sent to NIA custody for eight days,” said NIA lawyer Shyamal Ghosh. The other five accused - Razia Bibi, Alima Bibi, Abdul Hakim, Zia-ul-Haque and Hashem Mollah - were sent to judicial custody until December 5.
Two suspected JMB members died in the accidental blast that occurred in a house in Burdwan district’s Khagragarh area.
