NIA recovers 2 IEDs from Bengaluru drain after disclosure by terror operative
India TV NewsThe National Investigation Agency on Wednesday said that it has recovered two improvised explosive devices from a drain in Bengaluru on the disclosure of a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh operative, who was arrested on Tuesday. The official said the accused has also revealed his involvement in several instances of robberies committed in Bengaluru in 2018 in order to raise the fund for the activities of JMB. According to NIA officials, Sheikh was a close associate of senior JMB leader Jahidul Islam alias Kausar and was associated with other JMB leaders such as Rahamatullah Sheikh and Moulana Yusuf. On Tuesday, the JMB operative was produced before the NIA Special Judge in Bengaluru, which has granted five days' transit remand for producing him before the Special NIA Court in Kolkata.