MALDA, 26 JULY: The Malda police have decided to hand over the seven powerful IED recovery case to the CID to ensure a more thorough investigation.
The Malda SP, Mr Satyajit Bandyopadhyay, said that “due to the load of maintaining law and order, district police would be insufficient to properly follow up the case. We have decided to hand over the case to the CID as this wing will be able to give proper attention to the case”.
Experts from a bomb disposal squad on 25 July defused seven powerful remote controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at Malda Police Line ground amid tight security. Police, posed as a buyers, seized four IEDs and arrested two persons, Mr Jahangir Sheikh and Mr Ashique Iqbal, from Katagarh along NH 34, 5 km south of English Bazar town, on Friday evening. Police also recovered three more IEDs which were being manufactured at Alipur, very close to Kaliachak police station, on Friday night during a raid, with the help of the two arrested persons. Police could not arrest the house owner and kingpin Mr Jahagir Momin, who absconded during the raid. “He left the area and may take shelter in Bangladesh, which is close to his home in Kaliachak”, said Mr Satyajit Bandyopadhyay.
The IEDs were so powerful that sharpnel spread for more than 50 metres, even when it was exploded under sand bags in the police line ground.
The remaining explosives will be sent to a central forensic science laboratory test place in Kolkata. Police seized accessories like ammonium nitrate, acid and sodium from the house of Mr Momin, where three more IEDs were being built. The two accused were remanded in police custody yesterday for eight days for interrogation. In August 2008, two IEDs were recovered by Malda police, one at Baishnabnagar near Farakka and another at English Bazaar, but police could not identify the source.;SNS
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