The Kolkata connection: Bengal a safe haven for terror

As the news of the arrest of Tunda alias Syed Abdul Karim at the India-Nepal border broke, there was complete silence and gloom in a 7ft x 10ft solitary cell in the Presidency jail in Kolkata. For Abu Taher alias Mohammad Zakaria of Bangladesh, the arrest of his son-in-law was a huge setback for the cause. Taher helped Tunda run his terror network in West Bengal for years, supplying explosives and providing logistics to terrorists and fake currency smugglers.

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