Police trying desperately to
recover illegal arms, stop potential mayhem
Apprehending worst violence along
with destructive activities of radical Muslims hailing from Bangladesh in the
imminent parliamentary election, district police of North Dinajpur has issued an
alert and also asked all police stations to expedite recovery of illegal arms
and ammunitions. It is worth to mention, the district shares an international
border with the neighboring country of Bangladesh and as a result, impression
of any tumult there is perceived in this district as well. While the district
is enclosed by the districts of Thakurgaon,
Panchagarh and Dinajpur
districts of Bangladesh on the east, it shares borders with Kishanganj, Katihar and Purnia districts of Bihar on
the west. Islampur subdivision in the district contains a checkpoint on the
India-Bangladesh international border and is also known as highly contentious.
Allegations that this checkpoint is used by radical Muslims from Bangladesh as
a safe passage to enter Indian mainland, according to experts, are not wild.
According to sources, there are
ample chances that miscreants, backed by extra-constitutional forces, can wreak
mayhem across the district and all these have made the district police tighten
its grip and urge police personnel to hasten the saga of recovery. On the word
of Amit Javalgi, Superintendent of Police in North Dinajpur, police has
definite information that a large amount of illegal arms and ammunitions are
with miscreants. To save the society and also the district from any havoc,
police is determined to recover all those and the special operation will
continue till the Parliamentary Election, 2014.
The district of North Dinajpur shares
a 187 kilometer-long international border with Bangladesh while it has a 280
kilometer border with the neighboring state of Bihar and it has also come to
knowledge, thanks to this geographical position, smugglers of illegal weapons
use this district as a corridor. Lots of police raids have brought forth how
illegal weapons manufactured at Munger in Bihar, infamous as hub of illegal
weapons industry across India, are brought through this corridor and then
distributed around North Bengal. One of such victims is Raiganj, prominent town
as well as municipality in the district of North Dinajpur. Now, if sources are
to be depended on, large caches of illegal arms can be found both in the city of
Raiganj and its outskirts. As per journalists, political parties make use of
these mercenaries during elections at random and this can be found best from
the surge in violence in the district’s college elections of late. And the uneasiness
reigning the national political arena now can lead to more use of these illegal
weapons in the ensuing election.
Raiganj
parliamentary seat, after several years, is all set to perceive a stiff fight
and chances of flexing muscles and using violence, hence, can’t be brushed
aside. On the other hand, it is no news but a reality that radical Muslims from
Bangladesh enjoys a steady support in this district and it is increasing fast,
according to several sources. The recent victory of BNP and also slow but
steady resurgence of Jamaat in Bangladesh is also being supported by a large
section of inhabitants here.
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