Author: Sumanta Ray Chaudhuri
Publication: DNA (Daily News & Analysis)
Date: October 30, 2006
URL: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1061160
Pakistani terrorist groups which are active
in Bangladesh are understood to have opened a second front to infiltrate into
India through West Bengal and then spread across the entire country.
Hingalgunj in South 24 Parganas, was a favourite
for the Pakistani terrorists. But now another sensitive place, Murshidabad
has turned out to be the second front.
Security forces in West Bengal are on high
alert in Murshidabad following two separate reports issued by the Intelligence
Bureau (IB), under the Union home ministry and Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau
(SIB), which comes under the purview of the external affairs ministry. Both
reports were tabled in the Prime Minister's Office recently. The state government
has been alerted that some of the dreaded Bangladeshi and Pakistani terrorist
groups have even developed their own linkages and agent networks across the
villages dotting the borders.
An Intelligence Branch probe by the West Bengal
Police has revealed that "Jamaat-ul-Mujahidin" and banned Students'
Islamic Movement in India (Simi) have deep-rooted networks in the border villages
of Murshidabad, where the Muslim community is in a majority. The agency has
also received information that "Jamaat-ul-Mujahidin" hideouts are
often being frequented by leaders of the group's armed guerrilla unit, "Kital-Fi-Sabibillah,"
which recently added five new divisions to its existing 10 armed guerrilla
units. According to sources, foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon met West
Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, where the issue of Bangladeshi
infiltration through West Bengal was discussed. The chief minister was also
informed on of how Murshidabad is fast becoming a second front for Jamaat-ul-Mujahidin.
Meanwhile, the Intelligence Bureau has cautioned
that the present political unrest in Bangladesh has increased the possibility
of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahidin accelerating its activities.
