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NIA names Barpeta resident

The National Investigation Agency has named a resident of Barpeta district in the recent Burdwan blast case. The country’s premier investigation agency has indicted Shahnur Alom who is a resident of Sarthebari along with eleven others who are absconding. Among other, four hail from Bangladesh and seven from West Bengal who have alleged links with the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh. The NIA has released photographs of nine of the wanted persons but has no photograph of three of the four suspected Bangladeshi nationals involved.

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