Security alarm as suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives enter Bangladesh via Karachi–Dhaka flight |
In a troubling security development with regional implications, Blitz has uncovered disturbing information indicating that suspected operatives linked to Pakistan-based terrorist organizations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) may have entered Bangladesh using a commercial flight from Karachi – raising urgent concerns among counterterrorism analysts across South Asia and beyond.
According to security-linked sources familiar with the matter, a Bangladesh Biman flight BG-342, which departed Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, and landed in Dhaka on January 30, 2026, carried multiple individuals of interest whose travel patterns, documentation, and affiliations warrant immediate investigation.
Among the 113 passengers on board, at least 28 individuals are under scrutiny for possible links to UN-designated terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) while there also are suspected members of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), sources said. The source added, JeM members arrived in Bangladesh under the disguise of Tablighi Jamaat men, who, after arriving at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka have moved to a number of Tablighi mosques, including Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka’s Ramna area.
Passport evidence raises serious red flags
As part of this investigation, Blitz has obtained images of passports belonging to more than fifteen individuals whose identities are being examined by informed quarters due to suspected connections with Lashkar-e-Taiba.
According to information, ringleader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) unit which entered Bangladesh on January 30, 2026, is Shah Mukamil (born on January 15, 1976, passport number DK-5144924). Others are Nabi Muhtaj (March 20, 1974, passport number AP-9099953), Anwar Sajjad (born on September 15, 1976, passport number KH-1798374), Manoor Ghali, Khan Khanawaz, Kalam Noor, Ibrahim, Rasool Mohammad, Khan Muqarab,........