On November 1, a Madrasa teacher identified as Abdul Momin Mondal was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for al Qaeda linkages from Murshidabad District in West Bengal, reports Indian Express. Momin who was working as a teacher in Raipur Darul Huda Islamia Madrassa in Murshidabad District, was found to be involved in a series of conspiratorial meetings convened by the members of the al Qaeda module and also trying to recruit new members for the group and was raising funds for furthering its terrorist activities. According to NIA, search operation was carried out in the house of the accused and digital devices were recovered. This was the 11th arrest made by NIA since September in the case ‘pertaining to anti-national activities by a group of jihadi terrorists consisting of more than 10 members inspired by globally proscribed terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda, who were planning to carry out anti-national and terrorist activities at different locations in India, including, but not limited to West Bengal, Delhi and Kerala’.