High alert issued in West Bengal borders
A high alert was sounded across West Bengal on Monday and the unprotected areas of the West Bengal and Bangladesh borders were sealed off in the wake of the October 2 blast at a house in Burdwan town of West Bengal.
Investigating agencies are suspecting involvement of terror outfits in the blast that took place inside a house in Khagragarh in the district, killing two suspected militants and injuring another.
The high alert was issued following a high-level meeting at the state secretariat in Kolkata in which Director General of Police GMP Reddy and Special Inspector General (CID) Damayanti Sen were present.
"All police stations in the state have been asked to maintain a strict vigil against any subversive activity or attempt at sabotage," Reddy told media persons after the meeting.
The Eastern Railway (ER) too has stepped up security at several of its stations, including Burdwan, Howrah and Sealdah railway stations.
Three people, including two women, have been arrested in this connection. Political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India-Marxist have demanded the probe be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Two Bangladeshis—Shamim Shakil Ahmed and Sobhan Mondal, who were allegedly making bombs, were killed in a grenade explosion at a house in Burdwan town of West Bengal on October 2.
The men and rest of the group were members of banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Rumi Bibi, whose husband Shakil Ahmed died in the blast with Sobhan Mondal, told security agencies that in the last three months they had sent four consignments of bombs to Bangladesh through couriers, who she named as Kausar and Rasiq.
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