The lookout notices have been issued in apprehension that these 69 Bangladeshi infiltrators are still staying in hideouts in the country, especially in West Bengal, and might escape to other countries. The move comes amid the busting of fake passport rackets in the state and their identities getting revealed during the investigations.

Accordingly, the concerned departments, including the immigration, customs, and different border guard agencies in the country, have been alerted. The agencies have been provided with details of these 69 Bangladeshi infiltrators against whom such lookout notices have been issued, sources from the city police said.
The investigating officials suspect that these illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators might be of two categories. The first category includes those who are basically “economic refugees” and their intention to come to India was to look for avenues to earn their livelihoods.

The second category, as apprehended by the investigating officials, might include those with links with underground terror groups operating from Bangladesh and might have entered India with nefarious motives, including the setting up of sleeper cells in West Bengal.
Last week, the Kolkata Police submitted a charge sheet at a lower court in Kolkata about the fake Indian passport rackets operating from West Bengal.

In the charge sheet, a total of 130 individuals have been named, and out of this, 120 are Bangladeshi residents and the remaining are Indian nationals.

The main charges against the Bangladeshi nationals are that they created fake Indian passports by furnishing forged documents and paying huge money. The charges against the accused Indian nationals are that they played the role of facilitators for arranging fake Indian identity documents, including passports for these illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators.

The cops investigating the fake Indian identity documents rackets have identified a specific pattern in the operations of such rackets in this particular crime.
In the charge sheet, Abdul Hai, the retired assistant inspector who was earlier attached to the security control organisation of Kolkata Police and was arrested this year in connection with the fake passport racket in West Bengal, was named as an accused conspirator.

The main charge against him was that he cleared police verification for at least 52 applications for fake passports reportedly against payment of cash.

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BJP has launched a state-wide ‘Nabanna Chalo’ agitation march to protest against the alleged killing of one of their leaders Manish Shukla on October 4.

The police, in return, restored to water cannons and fired tear gas shells, besides lathicharging the workers to disperse the crowd.

#WATCH Howrah: BJP workers try to break police barricade put in place to stop the Party's 'Nabanna Chalo' agitation against the alleged killing of party workers in the state; police use tear gas to bring the situation under control.#WestBengal pic.twitter.com/ChQdi0NYXj

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2020

Several BJP workers, including state vice-president Raju Banerjee, were injured in the clash.

Party workers also set tyres on fire as a mark of protest. Leaders like Arjun Singh, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Locket Chatterjee and Mukul Roy were among those present on the spot.

The West Bengal government had earlier cited the Covid-19 pandemic to deny permission for the BJP youth wing’s ‘March to Nabanna’. The Mamata Banerjee-led government said peaceful and democratic rallies within “permissible parameters” of only 100 people would be allowed.

The government also announced that Nabanna will be closed for a two-day sanitisation exercise.

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This specially designed library will have books and magazines, including those on competitive examinations such as the civil services, GRE or GMAT .

The tram library will travel regularly in a particular route, mainly through the city’s educational hub.

The tram car will also have free wifi, which will help passengers read e-books. The officials are also planning book reading sessions, book launches and literary festivals in the tram library in future.

This project is a dream come true that will give a new dimension to the city’s heritage, a tram service running since 1902.

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The decision was taken in an emergency meeting held at the Kolkata Police Headquarters in Lal Bazaar with CAB officials and thereafter a joint inspection was undertaken at the Eden Gardens.

The under galleries namely E, F, G H and J blocks will be used to set up Covid-19 facilities. These areas would be properly segregated as a safety measure.

“It is our duty to help and support the administration in this hour of crisis. The facility will be used by personnel who are Covid-19 warriors,” CAB president Avishek Dalmiya said.

At the same time, the groundsmen and other staff will be shifted to blocks B, C, K and L inside the stadium.

So far 544 Kolkata Police personnel have tested positive for the virus, 411 have recovered and 2 have succumbed.

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