Kolkata police trace the threat calls

Three Kolkata city businessmen have allegedly received extortion calls from the terror outfit, which is now headed by Amir Reza Khan. Khan is believed to hail from Kolkata and was one of the masterminds of the 2002 American Center attack in the city.

State home secretary Ardhendu Sen said, "Yes, three city-based industrialists received some threat calls. Out of three, two complaints have been lodged with police."

According to police sources, a hotelier and two prominent shoe barons received these threat calls.

The calls were traced to Dubai, Karachi and Nepal. The caller is said to have demanded money to pay the legal bills of Aftab Ansari, convicted in the Kolkata American Centre attack of July 5, 2001. Ansari was sentenced to death in the case. The attack has left 5 policemen dead and 14 were seriously injured in the attack.