Following a raid and search operation, a Birbhum District Police team in West Bengal recovered a huge cache of gelatin explosives from Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Friday.
A district police official said that on a tip off by a source, a police team from the Rampurhat police station raided a private residence in the Bathan Para area of Ayas village in Rampurhat on Friday. The owner of the house, Shariful Islam, was first questioned and later arrested. He was first taken to the Rampurhat Police Station and later presented at a district court in Birbhum, which ordered police custody for the accused. The Intelligence wing of West Bengal Police recently increased surveillance following the arrest of suspected Jaish‑e‑Mohammed (JeM) associate, Hamim Mondal and his close associates Arpita Sarkar and Aditya Singh alias Raj.
Earlier this week, the sleuths of the Special Task Force of the state police arrested a Pakistani national having links with Pakistan’s primary and most powerful military Intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Wahab Alam and his local associate Mohammad Izaz.
The Investigating Officers are currently questioning Shariful Islam on the sources of these gelatin sticks and the purpose with which they were stored at his residence. First on July 25 this year, the sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recovered a large cache of explosives, including 20 bags of ammonium nitrate and multiple detonators, during a raid in Naihati in the same district and arrested one person in connection with the case.
