KOLKATA: When the smoke from last week’s blast in Burdwan cleared, it left in its wake a deeply distressing picture that puts West Bengal smack at the centre of an blood-lust-driven international network.
Just five years ago, Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was briefly apprehended in Kolkata (he managed to get away at the time, thanks in equal measure to an assumed identity and lack of coordination among state and central security agencies).