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Increase vigil in North 24-Parganas: Mamata

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked state police to increase vigilance in North 24 Parganas as it is a…

Increase vigil in North 24-Parganas: Mamata

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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked state police to increase vigilance in North 24 Parganas as it is a “very vulnerable” area following reports of cow smuggling through this district bordering Bangladesh.

The chief minister said cows are trafficked from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and smuggled to Bangladesh through the international border in this district. “As North 24 Parganas is a bordering district, it is very vulnerable.

We have our airport (NSC Bose International Airport) in this district. We must enhance surveillance here. I do not want anybody to get involved in smuggling,” Miss Banerjee said at an administrative review meeting.

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“Cows are brought to West Bengal from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and different parts of the country and then smuggled through the (international) border in this district. Both Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are unmoved (over the issue).

There has been unnecessary politics surrounding the issue. We have to be more proactive to stop smuggling of cows,” she said. The chief minister directed the Director General of Police (DGP) Surajit Kar Purkayastha to take up the matter with the Centre. She also cautioned the MLAS of her party of bordering areas~Haroa, Meenakha, Basirhat.

Miss Banerjee also announced formation of two new police districts~Basirhat and Barasat~to intensify policing and ensuring quick intervention in case of law and order problems.“A senior SP will be at the top and two other young SPs will work under him because there have been problems in this district periodically,” she said.

The chief minister directed the DGP to clear the paperwork soon, so that declaration on the two police districts could be made at the earliest. Last year, clashes had broken out between members of two communities at Baduria in Basirhat sub-division of North 24 Parganas district over an alleged objectionable Facebook post by a young man, who was later arrested.

A senior official in the state home department said the administration had a tough time in tackling the violence at Baduria because of the vastness of the district. BSF had to be called in as mobilising state police force was very difficult due to blockades on Barasat-Bongaon and Barasat-Basirhat sections.

According to a senior police officer, the move to form two new police districts in North 24 Parganas would “definitely ensure better communication and fast response by the police force in case of any emergency regarding law and order situation.”

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