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Bangla blast suspects may enter India

Security beefed up in Tripura, West Bengal following intelligence

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KOLKATA: Police in West Bengal and Tripura have been put on high alert in response to a Centre's intelligence that perpetrators of the courtroom blasts in Bangladesh may sneak across the borders into India.

Security in these two states has been tightened after an alert from Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB), the intelligence wing under the ministry of external affairs.

According to the West Bengal home secretary, Prasad Ranjan Roy, apart from the beefing up the network of the intelligence branch of the state police, the Border Security Force (BSF) battalions deployed in the different border districts of the state have been asked to be on alert.

"Border locations have been identified, where fencing is yet to be completed and additional BSF battalions will be deputed in these areas. However, during the winter , fencing of 120 kilometres of West Bengal -Bangladesh border will be completed,"  Roy said.

Roy ruled out the possibility of Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh leader "Banglabhai" having already taken shelter in West Bengal. "We have got definite clues that Banglabhai is still In Bangladesh," the home secretary said.

Special Branch (SB), the political intelligence wing of the Kolkata Police, has also been alerted about the possible sneaking in of the Bangladesh blast suspects. SB sources told DNA that plainclothes department officials are keeping a close watch on those hotels, guesthouses and lodges, which are frequented by Bangladeshis. "We have also cautioned the owners of these hotels and asked them to immediately contact us if they come across any suspicious person in their hotels," an SB official said.

It is learnt that the Tripura government has similarly beefed up its security arrangements in its border districts with Bangladesh. The Tripura police are working in closer coordination with the BSF.

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