Archive · 22 Aug 2026
North Dinajpur Man Remanded; Four Rohingya Arrested at NJP
Police in West Bengal arrested Fazle Rabbi because they suspect he was connected to Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency.
A court ordered that he stay in police custody for seven days.
The case concerns allegations that Indian SIM cards were sent to Pakistan through Bangladesh.
Police had already arrested three other people in connection with the case.
In a separate action, railway police arrested four Rohingya people at New Jalpaiguri station.
The group included two women.
They had reportedly lived in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, since 2017.
Police said they entered India on August 19 and were traveling on a train to Kanyakumari.
Officials said they may be taken to a holding centre for people who entered India without authorization.
A court remanded Fazle Rabbi, from North Dinajpur, to seven days in police custody over suspected links with Pakistan’s ISI.
Rabbi was arrested in a case involving alleged ISI operatives accused of sending Indian SIM cards to Pakistan through Bangladesh.
The Bengal police STF had earlier arrested three people in Cooch Behar and North Dinajpur over the same alleged network.
The GRP arrested four Rohingya people, including two women, at New Jalpaiguri railway station on Thursday evening.
The four had lived in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camp since 2017 and entered India on August 19, according to the report.
- Who
- Fazle Rabbi was arrested over suspected ISI links; railway police separately arrested four Rohingya people, including two women.
- What
- Rabbi was remanded to seven days of police custody, while the four Rohingya people were detained at New Jalpaiguri railway station.
- When
- Rabbi was detained on Thursday; the related arrests in Cooch Behar occurred on August 14, and the four Rohingya people reportedly entered India on August 19.
- Where
- The cases involve North Dinajpur and the Sahebganj police station area of Cooch Behar district; the Rohingya people were arrested at New Jalpaiguri railway station.
- Why
- Rabbi is suspected of links to the Pakistan-based ISI and involvement in sending Indian SIM cards to Pakistan through Bangladesh; the four Rohingya people were detained after reportedly entering India from Bangladesh.
- Fazle Rabbi
- Resident of North Dinajpur; arrested over suspected links with the ISI.
- Court order
- Seven days in police custody.
- Alleged activity
- Sending Indian SIM cards to Pakistan via Bangladesh.
- Earlier arrests
- Three people were arrested on August 14 in the Cooch Behar and North Dinajpur areas.
- Rohingya arrests
- Four people, including two women, were arrested at New Jalpaiguri railway station.
- Reported travel route
- The four traveled from Guwahati on the Kanyakumari-bound Vivek Express.
- Possible next step
- The four may be sent to a holding centre in Jalpaiguri district.