5-day NIA custody for 3 Burdwan blast accused

A city court today remanded three accused in the Burdwan blast case to NIA custody for five days on a prayer by it for further interrogation.
Chief Judge of Bankshall Court Md Mumtaz Khan remanded the three accused - Sahanur Alam, Rafiqul Islam and Safiqul Islam - to NIA custody till January 13.
All the three were in NIA custody and the agency sought their further custody in order to question them for further lead on others involved in the case in which international jihadi links have been revealed..
A total of 11 persons, some of whom are Bangladeshi citizens, have so far been arrested in connection with the case.

An accidental blast at Burdwan town on October two that killed two persons revealed an IED manufacturing unit of alleged Bangladeshi terror outfit JMB.
Though the state agencies were initially investigating the case, the Centre handed over the investigation to NIA.