Hiralal Sarnakar travelled for three days, mostly on foot, from Tetulia village in Jessore in search of "safety" in a foreign land.
For hundreds of hapless Bangladeshi Hindus fleeing their country, villages just across the border in North 24-Parganas serve as a safe haven. They come here, spend a day and leave for "safer" districts like Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia.
Once in Indian territory, they know
they have friends - BJP workers and monks of Bharat Sevashram Sangha.