KOLKATA, India, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A plot to attack the Kolkata, India, airport and other locations in India to coincide with a Muslim holiday was uncovered by officials.

Explosions at the airport in the West Bengal capital of Kolkata, historically known as Calcutta, were planned, as well as at 24 other locations in West Bengal, to coincide with Monday's religious festival of Eid al-Fitr. Police are seeking a Bangladeshi national identified only as Kasaur, who reportedly worked for the Islamist organization Jammat-ul-Mujahideen, a group banned in Bangladesh, who is believed to have transported improvised explosive devices in west Bengal last week.


Jammat-ul-Majuhideen was responsible for bomb detonations in 50 Bangladeshi cities in 2005, the Hindustani Times reported.

"He (Kasaur) is crucial to the investigation as he has wide information about the group in India. Railway police and BSF (Border Security Force) have been alerted in this regard," an officer from the country's Crime Investigation Department said

Police obtained information about the planned explosions after the arrest of a woman whose apartment, 65 miles north of Kolkata Airport, sustained an accidental explosion.

Al-Qaida announced last month it would establish a South Asian wing to protect Muslims in the region.