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West Bengal Jaish-e-Mohammed arrests

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West Bengal Jaish-e-Mohammad Jaish-e-Mohammed arrests

The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) has continued intensified its crackdown on a suspected Jaish‑e‑Mohammed (JeM) network. After the July‑30 detention of Hamed Manda and the July‑31 seizure of Hamid Mandal, investigators linked the suspects to possible plots against state leaders and to the Sajjad Bhatt module in Jammu‑Kashmir. On 1 August 2026 the STF arrested Arpita Sarkar, a Jharkhand resident alleged to have run a “honey‑trap” operation that gathered personal data on West Bengal politicians, including Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. She was transferred to Purba Bardhaman and is due before a Kolkata court. Later that morning, STF officers apprehended Hamim Mondal, identified as a JeM operative, from a rented flat in Burdwan. Authorities allege he was part of an ISI‑backed cell that planned sabotage at a Jantar Mantar protest in Delhi by disguising himself in a police uniform. Investigators recovered WhatsApp chats, foreign SIM cards issued in the United Kingdom and Mexico, and evidence of coordination with Pakistani handlers and the Sajjad Bhat group linked to the 2019 Pulwama attack. Both Mondal and Sarkar were remanded for 14 days of police custody while the probe expands. The series Subsequent reports on 1 August confirmed the locations of arrests underscores a broader effort their detention—Mondal in Burdwan and Sarkar in Sahibganj, Jharkhand—and reiterated the seized digital evidence. A 2 August briefing added that the suspect, also referred to dismantle a trans‑regional JeM network operating as Hameem, was alleged to target the state chief minister (named in West Bengal some accounts as Subhendu Adhikari) and beyond, to infiltrate the Jantar Mantar protest, with ongoing inquiries into additional conspirators and their links a parallel scheme to extremist modules in Kashmir. kidnap a minister’s son for ransom. The investigation remains ongoing.

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  1. 2026-08-02 10:32 UTC West Bengal Jaish-e-Mohammed arrests
  2. 2026-08-02 08:05 UTC West Bengal Jaish-e-Mohammad arrests
  3. 2026-08-01 11:53 UTC West Bengal Jaish-e-Mohammad arrests
  4. 2026-07-31 12:02 UTC West Bengal Jaish-e-Mohammad arrests

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