A court here Saturday sent to eight-day NIA custody three people nabbed from Assam in connection with the sensational Burdwan blast.Eight other accused presented before the court were remanded to judicial custody till Jan 16.The acting chief judge of Bankshall court G Talukdar sent Rafikul Islam, Saiful Islam, and Sahanur Alam to National Investigation Agency custody till Jan 9.The three were presented to the court on the basis of a production warrant issued by it.NIA lawyer Shyamal Ghosh sought 10 days' custody for the trio arguing they were the key accused in the Oct 2 blast in which two people had died at Khargragarh in Burdwan district when bombs kept in a house accidentally exploded.
He also submitted the three had links with Bangladeshi terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).Following a prayer by the NIA, eight others - Hashem Mollah, Razia Bibi, Abdul Hakim, Myanmar national Khaled Mohammad, Alima Bibi, Zia-ul-Haq, Amjad and JMB commander Sajid A - were sent on judicial remand till Jan 16.Hakim was injured in the Oct 2 blast. Khaled was arrested from Hyderabad.
Probing the blast, the NIA)has arrested several people including Bangladeshi nationals.