Statesman News Service
MALDA, 24 NOV: Police today arrested Jahangir Momin in connection with assembling and manufacturing remote controlled improvised explosive device, from a house in Pirpur village under the Ratua police station in Malda district.
The English Bazaar police were on the lookout for Momin in connection with the IED case since July.
The police had learnt of Momin’s activities from two persons, who were trying to sell IEDs. The police had recovered a cache of IEDs including some from Momin's house at Alipur on the basis of information derived from the arrested persons.
The police were on the lookout for criminals who had looted a potato merchant at Ratua in the district recently.
Learning that three of those involved in the crime were hiding in a house in Pirpur village, the police raided the house this morning and arrested three persons.
According to the Malda SP, Mr Bhuban Mandal, Momin was one of the three arrested today.
“We have informed our higher authority about Momin and have urged them to interrogate him about the IEDs. Momin would be produced in Malda court tomorrow and the police would urge the court to send him to police custody for interrogation,” the Malda SP said
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