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Questioning of Musa puts sleuths on hunt of Bangla connections

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Extensive grilling of suspected terrorist Mohammed Musiruddin has given the sleuths names and psuedo names of persons who could possible be members of terror groups like ISIS and JMB, a senior officer of the state CID said today.

'Banglar Bagh 2', the name sleuths believe is a psuedo name of someone based in Bangladesh's Satkhira district, he said.

In fact, assistance regarding identifying the actual person behind 'Banglar Bagh 2' has been sought from the neighbouring country's Rapid Action Battalion, the officer added.

"This is a fake name and possibly that of a top leader of the JMB," he said.
 

The name of one "Bangli Bhai" of the JMB appeared when sleuths were investigating the Khagragarh blast in 2014.

"Now the question is whether this Bangali Bhai is the same person and has changed his name to Bangalr Bagh...We need to find this out," the officer said, adding that "this will make things pretty easy to understand".

Meanwhile, sleuths have found out that arrested Musiruddin was operating two accounts in two separate banks-one in Tripura and one in Tamil Nadu.

"We have found that regular transactions were made in those two accounts. But the question is how Musiruddin gets to have an account at a bank in Tripura. He is giving us different answers," the officer said.

Asked if any information was garnered from the app Musiruddin was using to keep in touch with top leaders of terror groups in Syria, Iraq and Bangladesh, the officer said, "It is not only difficult but also beyond possibility to get the details of the calls from that app. Still we are trying to get something with it...We are taking help of experts.
On Monday, Musiruddin returned to Howrah station from

Tamil Nadu and straightaway went to Esplanade where he bought the sharp-edged weapon and returned to station to board a train to Labhpur.

Acting on an information that he was returning to Kolkata on Monday, CID tracked his movements in the city and arrested him from Burdwan station in the night.

CID sources said NIA sleuths had been keeping an eye on Musiruddin for quite some time.

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First Published: Jul 08 2016 | 10:07 PM IST

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