Dhaka: Six Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members, who were reportedly involved in the 2014 Burdwan blast case, were arrested in West Bengal and Assam, reports PTI.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vishal Garg on Monday said three out of the six extremists are Bangladeshi nationals.

‘These people were not in West Bengal after Burdwan blast. They had left the state and moved to South India and North Eastern states. They were planning subversive activities in some South Indian states. We are trying to find out the details,’ Garg said.

The JMB activists arrested by the Kolkata Police Special Task Force included Anwar Hussain Farooq, the head of the outfit’s West Bengal unit, and Yusuf Sheikh, the second in command in the state.

Yusuf Sheikh, also the JMB chief leader in the state, carried a Rs 10 lakh reward on his head announced by India’s National Investigation Agency.

The four others, who were wanted in connection with Burdwan blast of 2 October 2014, were Shahidul Islam, Mohammad Rubel, Abul Kalam and Jadidul Islam, reports the Times of India.

Kalam and Rubel were carrying on their heads a reward of Rs 3 lakh and 1 lakh respectively.

Yusuf and Shahidul were arrested at Natun Bazar under Basirhat area of North 24 Parganas district on Sunday while Farooq and Rubel were picked up from Bagda Road in Bangao in the same district, Garg said.

Kalam was held from Coochbehar station in north Bengal on Sunday while Jahidul was arrested in Cachhar district of Assam on Saturday.

Forged ID papers, 2 kg white powdery substance, one laptop, mobiles, detonator, wire cutters, batteries Bangladeshi and Indian currency, letters written in Bengali, travel guide, books on chemicals and memory cards for camera were seized from them.