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| Sensational inputs furnished to New Delhi | | Bangladeshi subversives cast a terror shadow | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, NOV. 9: Unauthorised arrivals into parts of India of a large number of Bangladeshi nationals in recent times calls for "effective remedial measures" as a section of the illegal visitors, according to government sleuths, has already joined hands with Islamist rebels and terrorists.
Sources in the Union Home Ministry told EARLY TIMES that the threat from the Bangladeshi militants and subversives had in no way abated even after the arrest of a number of them in recent times in different parts of the country. Earlier, the Bangladeshi nationals had chosen to confine themselves to large areas of the northeastern region. But the situation, these sources pointed out, had witnessed a marked change with hundreds of illegal visitors from Bangladesh having selected other areas of the country as well.
These areas also include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. The Home Ministry sources confirmed that the unchecked illegal migration from Bangladesh to India is casting a terror shadow as well. In this connection, these sources made a pointed reference to the Maharashtra government's re-structured plan to flush out a large number of Bangladeshis who have made Mumbai their home after having entered India illegally.
It is offical: Illegal migrants from Bangladesh keep on changing their tactics. Sometimes these Bangladeshis reach Mumbai even before the policemen who are sent to deport them from the West Bengal border are able to come back. Police chief of Mumbai, AN Roy, has already informed the Union Home Ministry that the challenge for Mumbai Police is that some illegal aliens from Bangladesh have cropped up in police investigations into the recent terror attacks in the city, the worst of which were the July 11 train bombings that killed nearly 200 people.
It is also offical: Mumbai Police have over the past month launched a systematic crackdown on illegal Bangladeshis. Illegal immigration was always a big problem, but post-July 11 the Mumbai Police Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has tepped up the vigil. Not only illegal Bangladeshis but Pakistanis are also coming into India as legitimate pasengers and many of them are disappearing without a trace.
According to statistics on the Mumbai Police website, of the 501 Bangladeshis arrested till October this year 346 have been deported. A total of 701 were deported between 2004 and 2005. As part of the special drive, the Special Branch is carrying out round-the-clock checks at various arrival points and known hotspots in and around the city. At least two among the 16 people arrested by ATS for their alleged involvement in the July 11 bombings, Kamal Ansari and Mohammad Majid, are known to have escorted the terrorists to Mumbai after helping them cross the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.
Official agencies have let it be known that the issue is of a 'porous border' in West Bengal, Assam and Tripura and an organised network of 'escorts' and crime cartel that provide these illegal immigrants with fake and forged documents. So well entrenched are these immigrants that a majority of them come equipped with fake passports, forged ration cards and voter IDs. Interrogation of arrested Bangladeshis has revealed that it costs just about Rs.100 to get a fake ration card in the border districts of West Bengal. |
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