Asadullah was allegedly involved in the 2018 Bodh Gaya blast and was the mastermind behind other terror acts as well.

A suspected member of the terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in India was arrested from Chennai on Monday by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police.

Acting on a tip-off, an STF team arrested 35-year-old Asadullah Sk alias Raja. He was arrested from a rented house in Canalpuram's AA Nagar. Asadullah is a resident of Nityanandapur village in Burdwan, West Bengal.

He was allegedly involved in the 2018 Bodh Gaya blast and was the mastermind behind other terror acts as well.

He will be produced in court for transit remand and then brought to West Bengal for further interrogation.

Last week, STF team arrested another JMB member, 22-year-old Mohammed Abul Kashem alias Kashem from Canal East Road in north Kolkata.

During questioning, the suspected terrorist said he was instructed by his bosses to meet other JMB operatives in the city to decide on their strategies, according to an IPS officer. When produced before a city court, Kashem was remanded to police custody till September 16.

Before that, a top operative of the JMB in India, Ejaz Ahmad, was arrested by the STF from Bihar's Gaya district.

The Centre in May this year declared the JMB as a banned terrorist organisation.