Hyderabad: According to the IB reports, around 70 to 90 trained militants of the Jamat Ul Mujahideen and other terror groups from Bangladesh and Afghanistan have made their way into Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Maharashtra.
While the counter Intelligence denied the IB alert on Bangladesh ultras sneaking into the country, it has gained significance post the terror attacks in Dhaka and several agencies are working to track the militants.
Police officials are trying to ascertain whether there is any ISIS link to the militants. A senior police official said, “We don’t know the exact number but there is an alert that militants have sneaked into the city and other parts of the country. Not only Bangladesh the alert also mentioned Afghanistan. We are trying to ascertain whether there is any ISIS link.”
Sources in Intelligence agencies reveal the threat is that most of them were trained in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Syria and has now spread throughout the country to carry out attacks.
A police official said, “Bangladeshis may be living in the city as Rohingya refugees. When we conducted cordon and search we found many illegal immigrants in Asadbaba Nagar, Chandrayanagutta and Hafeezbabanagar. Most Bangladeshis speak fluent Bengali and it is very difficult to identify them. They work in the gold industry in the old city,” adding that, however, some NGOs protested against the cordon and search saying that they are violating human rights.
The officials, however, said that they are going to focus on Bangladeshi illegals after Eid and will deport them to their country this time.