Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked New Delhi to flush out Bangladeshi terrorists operating from India.
Two people killed in a recent blast at Burdwan in West Bengal were found to be Bangladeshis and members of the outlawed militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
In an interview with Kolkata-based Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika, Ms. Hazina said: “India needs to take action to destroy Bangladeshi militants operating from India much in the same way as Indian militants have been obliterated from Bangladesh’s soil.”
She said it was painful to know that “Bangladesh’s terrorists are getting sanctuary in West Bengal and hatching a conspiracy against the government.”
The Prime Minister, however, said the people of West Bengal, who had extended total support to the Bangladesh liberation war, “will not tolerate such a thing.”
She told the interviewer: “We have destroyed the bases of the anti-Indian terrorists from our soil, we have kept our promises, we have not spared anybody… now it is India’s turn.”
Ms. Hasina also said Bangladesh was extending full assistance to the Indian investigation in the Burdwan blast case and a Bangladesh team will visit India soon.
As part of the ongoing drive against extremists, the elite Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Friday arrested the main coordinator of JMB and his four associates in northern Sirajganj. A huge cache of bombs, sophisticated bomb-making materials, jihadi books and other equipment were also recovered from their possession.
They were going to Joydebpur from Chapainawabganj by train and planned to set off the explosives in different areas, an official said.
