Burdwan blast case: Assam's Shahnoor Alam arrested by NIA

Dispur: A key suspect in the Burdwan blast case, Shahnoor Alam, alleged to be the financial brain of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror group, was arrested on Friday night by NIA with the help of central security agencies from Nalbari district of Assam.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), whose probe into the October 2 blast in the West Bengal district received a boost after the arrest of another accused Sajid, had been tailing Alam for quite some time after his name surfaced in the call records and interrogation of the arrested accused person, PTI reported.

The investigating agency had last month arrested his wife but Alam had been on the run since the blast.

NIA, along with Assam Police and central security agencies, were looking for him in the areas where he could be hiding. They arrested him this evening from c district, official sources said.

Alam, alias Doctor hails from Chatala village Barpeta district in Assam, is alleged to have arranged the money for the Indian modules of JMB.

NIA had also declared a reward of Rs.5 lakh for anyone providing any information about him.