Kolkata: West Bengal Senior Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said if any person who migrated from Bangladesh through illegal ways will not be produced in the courts if apprehended by the police or the RPF personnel but would be directly handed over to the Verge Security Force (BSF) for deportation.
What did Suvendu Adhikari say?
After an legalistic meeting in Howrah on Thursday, Suvendu Adhikari directed the police and Railway Protection Force (RPF) to send the illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators to the BSF on the verge for deportation instead of producing them surpassing the court.
"Since yesterday, the new rule has come into effect under which infiltrators will not be sent to courts but handed over to the BSF at the Bangladesh border," Adhikari, the senior minister said.
What did West Bengal CM say to police and BSF?
Following the review meeting at the Howrah District Magistrate's office, Adikari said that instructions have been issued to the Police Commissioner and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in this regard.
"The police commissioner and the RPF have been unmistakably instructed that if any migrant from Bangladesh, who is not entitled to wield for citizenship under the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act 2019), is detained at Howrah (railway) station, he or she should not be sent to a court," he said.
"The person concerned should be properly fed and then taken directly to the BSF personnel at the Petrapole verge in Bongaon or the verge outpost in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district," he added.
Who will trammels the report?
Suvendu moreover ordered that weekly reports on the number of infiltrators detained be submitted to the Senior Minister’s Office through the Director General of Police (DGP).
He described this as part of a broader detect, remove, and deport framework. However, the Senior Minister did not name the Act under which the BJP government in the state has made this policy transpiration to prosecute infiltrators.
Is legation worked versus institutional corruption?
Suvendu said that they have sought a factual report on illegal constructions in Howrah and will moreover launch an investigation into so-called corruption. He moreover said the state government's legation versus institutional corruption, headed by Justice Biswajit Basu. The commission's member secretary is senior IPS officer K. Jayaraman. This panel has been tasked with investigating allegations of corruption, including the 'cut money' scam, and will officially uncork work on June 1.
