May 04, 2026 04:16 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Jolt to TMC! Supreme Court rejects plea challenging central staff deployment at Bengal counting centres | Bangladesh MP warns of refugee crisis if BJP wins West Bengal polls | Diplomatic row: Bangladesh summons Indian envoy over Himanta Biswa Sarma remarks | Supreme Court grants Pawan Khera anticipatory bail in case over allegations against Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife | ‘Not necessary to humiliate me with arrest’: Pawan Khera to SC over remarks on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife | ‘Let’s not choose for people capable of choosing’: Supreme Court to Centre on teen pregnancy termination | I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel gets bail after Bengal polls conclude | Exit Polls Give Bengal to BJP—But One Survey Begs to Differ | Big defence push: Rajnath Singh to hold high-stakes talks with Italy’s Defence Minister | “Voting without fear”: PM Modi hails record turnout in West Bengal polls

JMB had sent IEDs to Assam targeting BTAD: Police

| | Dec 21, 2014, at 12:40 am
Guwahati, Dec 20 (IBNS): Jamat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) sent several IEDs in Assam targeting the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) ahead of the Burdwan blast in West Bengal, police said on Saturday.
Assam police IGP S N Singh said that JMB had sent IEDs to two lower Assam districts before Oct 2.
 
"The IEDs were stored in Nalbari and Baska district in lower Assam. JMB members had delivered the IEDs to two persons in the districts, " the IGP said.
 
"JMB member Sahanur Alom revealed that the IEDs came to Assam for a major explosion,"  the top police official said.
 
Meanwhile, a court in Guwahati had sent Sahanur Alom and Nur Jamal Hogue to 14 days judicial custody.
 
Assam police arrested Sahanur on December 5 from Mukalmua area in Nalbari district and Nur Jamal Hogue from Salbari area in Baska on December 19.
 
Assam police had arrested at least 12 persons in connection with JMB and the Burdwan blast.
 
 
 
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
#JMB had sent IEDs to Assam targeting BTAD: Police

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
In Images: Armoured vehicle stands guard outside strongroom in Kolkata ahead of counting day
In Images: Armoured vehicle stands guard outside strongroom in Kolkata ahead of counting day May 03, 2026, at 07:36 pm
Security beefed up outside Kolkata's Netaji Indoor Stadium ahead of vote counting
Security beefed up outside Kolkata's Netaji Indoor Stadium ahead of vote counting May 03, 2026, at 11:30 am
Mamata’s midnight meltdown: CM stays 4 hours at strongroom over ‘EVM tampering’ fears
Mamata’s midnight meltdown: CM stays 4 hours at strongroom over ‘EVM tampering’ fears May 01, 2026, at 03:56 am
Related Videos
Mamata Banerjee casts her vote in Kolkata May 03, 2026, at 03:37 pm
Bengal Polls: Prosenjit Chatterjee on voting with son in Kolkata May 03, 2026, at 03:34 pm
Faith in Democracy: MoC Nuns and ISKCON Monks Cast Votes in Bengal Elections May 03, 2026, at 03:31 pm