Key suspect in Burdwan blast case and alleged financial brain of terror group Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Shahnoor Alam has been arrested by NIA with the help of central security agencies from Assam's Nalbari district
New Delhi: Key suspect in Burdwan blast case and alleged financial brain of terror group Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Shahnoor Alam has been arrested by NIA with the help of central security agencies from Assam's Nalbari district.
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NIA, whose probe into the October 2 blast received a boost after the arrest of another accused Sajid, had been tailing Alam for quite sometime after his name surfaced in the call records and interrogation of the arrested accused person.
The investigating agency had last month arrested his wife but Alam had been on the run since the blast. NIA, along with Assam Police and central security agencies, were looking for him in the areas where he could be hiding.
They arrested him last evening from Larkuchi in Nalbari district, official sources said. Alam, alias Doctor hails from Chatala village in Barpeta district of Assam and is alleged to have arranged the money for the Indian modules of JMB.NIA had also declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh for anyone providing any information about him.
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