GUWAHATI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 11 accused in connection with an alleged terror conspiracy orchestrated by an offshoot of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), aimed at expanding the outfit's influence in West Bengal and the northeastern states, including Assam and Tripura.
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According to an NIA press release issued on Friday, June 26, the chargesheet was filed before the NIA Special Court in Guwahati under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The investigation revealed that the accused were allegedly associated with Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), described by the NIA as an offshoot of JMB, which was created to spread the banned outfit's extremist ideology in India.
The agency alleged that the conspiracy involved promoting extremist propaganda, radicalising vulnerable youth and expanding the terror network across West Bengal and the northeastern states through clandestine meetings, religious indoctrination programmes, circulation of extremist literature and the use of digital platforms for anti-India propaganda.
The NIA further stated that senior JMB member Imam Mahmud Habibullah had established IMK to advance the banned organisation's activities on Indian soil.
Among those chargesheeted, the agency identified Nasimuddin as the alleged person leading IMK activities in Assam and Jagir Mia as the alleged head of the outfit's operations in Tripura.
During the investigation, the NIA said it recovered incriminating documents, electronic devices and digital records that form part of the evidence against the accused.
The investigation in the case, registered as RC-01/2026/NIA/GUW, is continuing.
