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JMB Brainwashing Youth in West Bengal: NIA Raids 5 Locations, Uncovers Sleeper Cells.
- •The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids and search operations at 5 locations in West Bengal.
- •The action is linked to an ongoing investigation into sleeper cells of the banned radical organization Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
- •Raids took place in Diamond Harbour (South 24 Parganas), Harirampur (South Dinajpur), and parts of Purba Bardhaman district.
- •An arrested JMB member in Assam revealed the organization is actively brainwashing youth in West Bengal to create sleeper cells.
- •Documents obtained from the arrested individual provided crucial information leading to the raids in Bengal.
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The National Investigation Agency conducted searches at five different locations in West Bengal as part of an ongoing investigation into sleeper cells of the banned radical organization Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh. This action followed an interrogation of an arrested suspect in Assam who confessed that a JMB module was actively brainwashing and recruiting youth in West Bengal.
The NIA search operations in West Bengal targeted Diamond Harbour in the South 24 Parganas district, Harirampur in the South Dinajpur district, and several areas within the Purba Bardhaman district.
The NIA discovered the active module after arresting a youth in Assam last week who was suspected of being a terrorist and identified as an active JMB member. During interrogation and through recovered documents, he revealed that the Bangladeshi terrorist organization was attempting to build sleeper cells and brainwash young people in West Bengal.
