China has consistently defended Pakistani terrorists in the United Nations. This is the fourth time in the past several months that Beijing has placed a hold on proposals to declare Pakistan-based terrorists under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee regime.
The Police also said that the arrested PFI jihadis were part of a WhatsApp group that is administered from Pakistan. The group consisting of around 175 members from India, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Afghanistan discussed conspiracy to carry out destructive activities in the country.
The MHA is said to have directed the NIA to take over the probe after it received a report from the state government. Also, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly had asked the MHA to deploy central paramilitary forces in the violence-hit parts of the state and had demanded a probe by NIA.