NIA recovers IED materials from Bengaluru module of JMB

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National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recovered Improvised Explosive Device materials from the Bengaluru module of Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The items were seized based on the information provided by Jahidul Islam, one of the terror operatives held by the investigation agency.

These operatives, who carried out the Burdwan blast in 2014, had fled to Bengaluru to escape arrest and carry out the activities of JMB in India. The NIA said it found several articles from their Electronic City hideout in Bengaluru, which were meant to be used for the preparation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and grenades.

The JMB operatives had test-fired rocket shells prepared by them between June and October 2017 on a hill in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu bordering Karnataka. After the module was busted in Karnataka, a case was registered at the Soladevananhalli police station in the city. The NIA took over this case and re-registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act at the NIA police station in New Delhi.