Burdwan blast mastermind held
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested Noor-ul-Haque, alleged to be a financial brain behind banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror outfit, for his role in the larger conspiracy behind October blasts at Bardhaman in West Bengal, reports PTI.
Haque, who had figured as Naeem during the investigation into the case, was apprehended outside Howrah railway station by NIA sleuths and whisked away for interrogation, NIA officials said.
Haque, who carried a cash reward of Rs one lakh on his head and considered to be a close aide of prime accused Sajjid, arrested chief of JMB, is alleged to have been collecting cash for running of the terror outfit, the officials said. Haque is a resident of Bakshipur of Murshidabad district. With his arrest, the number of people nabbed in the case has gone to 21.
On October two last year, a blast took place inside a house at Khagragarh in which one person Sakil Gazi died on the spot and another person Sovan Mandal succumbed in hospital.
