One more Bangladeshi national was arrested by the Special Task Force of the Kolkata police for links with two suspected members of the Bangladeshi militant organisation, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT). Two ABT members along with an Indian arms dealer were arrested from the city on Tuesday.
“ Md. Sahadat Hossain alias Babu (26) was arrested from Sealdah on Friday. He helped the two suspected ABT members in crossing the border and took them to Hyderabad,” a senior police official said.
On Tuesday, the police arrested Riazul Islam alias Riyaz alias Sumon (25), Samsad Mia alias Tanvir alias Tushar (26), both of whom are Bangladeshi nationals, and Monotosh De alias Mona Da (46), a resident of Bashirhat in North 24 Paraganas district, from the Kolkata railway station. Police said the two have confessed that they were staying in India for one and half years and illegally entered the country.
According to the police Mr. De, an Indian citizen, is an arms dealer. The three have been remanded in police custody till December 5 by a city court earlier this week.
