New Delhi:  A Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative, wanted in the 2014 Burdwan blast case, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in West Bengal's Hooghly district, officials said on Tuesday. Kadar Kazi, 32, was arrested on Monday night from Dongol More locality under the Arambagh police station area of the district, they said. "He was wanted in the Burdwan blast case and was also declared a proclaimed offender," an NIA official said.

Kazi's associate Sajjad Ali, who was also involved in the activities of the JMB, was arrested in the late night operation, he said. "Acting on a tip-off, our officials along with the local police conducted a raid at a place in Hooghly's Arambagh on Monday midnight and arrested these two JMB suspects who were under our radar for the Khagragarh explosion case," an NIA official told PTI. Kadar hailed from Nanur in Birbhum district, while Sajjad was a resident of Kandi in Murshidabad district. The official said the two were on the run since the explosion took place at a house in the Khagragarh locality of Burdwan town on October 2, 2014, killing two persons and injuring another.