Behrampore: NIA has arrested a close aide of suspected Burdwan blast mastermind Sheikh Rehmatullah alias Sajjid for allegedly running a recruitment camp for Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror outfit from a madrassa in Murshidabad, taking the number of arrests in the case to 17.

The person identified as Mufazzil Haque was arrested from Mokimnagar area of the district bordering Bangladesh last night, official sources said. The National Investigation Agency alleged that Haque was running a madrassa in Murshidabad district of West Bengal where youths were recruited for JMB and he was a close associate of Sajjid, who was arrested by the NIA in November last year.