India’s external affairs ministry has requested relevant agencies to tabulate and collate information on the Burdwan bomb blast for sharing with Bangladesh.
Published : 11 Oct 2014, 01:59 PM
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Official spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said while replying to a question that they had received an official communication from Bangladesh seeking such information.
“…..and (we) have requested our concerned agencies to tabulate information and collate that so that we can share appropriately with our friends in Bangladesh,” he said on Friday.
A blast on Oct 2 at a house in Burdwan’s Khagrhagarh killed two people, whom Indian intelligence officials suspect to be members of the JMB.
Two women – Amina Bibi and Rajira Bibi – were also detained from the house that day. They were subsequently arrested after interrogation.
During the interrogation, they reportedly also revealed that the bombs being made in that house were meant to be used for terror attacks in Bangladesh.
Quoting government officials, a Hindustan Times report had said they had smuggled bombs into Bangladesh four times in the last three months.
On Monday, a high alert was sounded across West Bengal, while security along its border with Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries and states was beefed up.
Meanwhile, police of India’s north-eastern state of Assam told bdnews24.com that they arrested six members of the banned JMB outfit on Thursday night from a hideout in connection with Burdwan blast.