Will not allow Bangladesh’s troubles to spill into WB: DGP

West Bengal Police DGP Rajeev Kumar addresses border security, fake passport scam, and arrest of Kashmiri militant.

Director General of West Bengal Police Rajeev Kumar said on Sunday (December 29, 2024) that the volatile situation in Bangladesh will not be allowed to affect peace in the State.

“We do not want people to use it, (the situation in Bangladesh) to create communal and security problems here,” Mr. Kumar said on Sunday.

The DGP said that border management is the Border Security Force’s responsibility and admitted to “lapses” as people have crossed the border but emphasised that specialised teams have been “effective in arresting and neutralising” such elements.

West Bengal shares about 2,216 km of border with Bangladesh, and since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in August this year, there have been several arrests of Bangladeshi nationals in Kolkata and other parts of the State.

The police recently unearthed a fake passport scam, and several arrests were made. The West Bengal police is also facing the heat over the arrest of an alleged militant associated with a terror outfit from Kashmir from Canning in West Bengal. 

Speaking to the media, Mr. Kumar said that the West Bengal police had played a crucial role in apprehending the militant.

“We tracked the Kashmiri militant for two days based on information provided by the Special Task Force of the West Bengal Police. We watched his movements. After that, we called the Kashmir Police. We are quietly doing our work,” he said.