"Terrorists want to convert West Bengal into a Muslim-majority state": BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar

"Whichever terrorist is caught is related to someone from TMC. For the last 5 years, Mamata Banerjee has given them total freedom to commit acts against India... West Bengal has not given any land for fencing (against infiltrators). The terrorists want to convert West Bengal into a Muslim-majority state. TMC is helping them, that is why they (BJP leaders) are on their hitlist and TMC leaders are not. We have to save the country from radical Islamist powers," Majumdar told reporters in Kolkata.

On December 22, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police arrested two more members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an affiliate of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terrorist organisation, from West Bngal.

Earlier, in a joint operation, the Assam STF and West Bengal STF arrested two suspected terrorists - Abbas Sheikh and Minarul Sheikh - in Murshidabad's Hariharpara on December 19.

Before that, Javed Munshi, a suspected member of the outlawed 'Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen' outfit in Kashmir, was granted transit remand till December 31 by the Alipore Court on Sunday.

Munshi was arrested on December 21 in a joint operation by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police. The transit remand was sought by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for further investigation.

Munshi, 58, was apprehended near the Indo-Bangladesh border in the Canning area of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.

According to Public Prosecutor Vikash, Munshi was allegedly working to revive the Muslim League. The Srinagar police travelled to West Bengal to secure the transit remand for further inquiries. The prosecutor stated that during Munshi's arrest, police seized a book, a CD, a plastic bag, and several documents.

The police reported that Munshi had arrived in the canning area a few days before his arrest, allegedly planning to exfiltrate into Bangladesh under instructions from Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives.

Javed Munshi, an expert in IEDs and weapons handling, is associated with the banned terrorist organisation Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM). He has a history of involvement in terror-related activities, including his alleged role in the 2011 murder of Shaukat Shah, a leader of the Ahl-i-Hadith. Munshi has also served multiple jail terms for terrorism-related charges. (ANI)