Calcutta:One fine morning,I met Saifudeen Islam from Bangladesh at a resturant in Sadar Street. Sadar Street in Central Calcutta is the area where one can find tourists and bag packers from all over the world.Saifudeen was chatting with some of his friend.
"What’s going on?",I asked.
"we are amuse by the fact that even fugitives of our country consider West Bengal as a safe heaven", he said,drawing my attantion to a newspaper report.
"Do you have any knowledge the way they operate?’, one of his fried asked,dreading that he might already know the answer.
In fact,fugitives and criminals use this side of the border as a safe heaven.They have been living Calcutta and adjoining places for years and easily manage to get Indian passports and even ration cards in their name.
In recent past,Sanjibul Islam alias Imam,was arrested by CID.He was wanted in Dhaka in more than 50 cases,including 13 murders.Last year(Oct.13)Subrata Bayan ,a dreaded criminal was arrested fro palm Avenue in South Calcutta. Subrata figured on the Interpol’s ‘most wanted’ list.He was wanted in several cases of murder,extortion in Bangladesh.
CID also arrested two criminals, Tanveer-ul-Islam and Hariz Ahmed, alias Mohammad Hassan.Tanveer, was arrested from an apartment in northern fringes of calcutta,was allegedly involved in a grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka in 2004. Hariz, on the other hand,arrested in Kaikhali,had more than 42 murder cases pending against him.
According to intelligence officials,Central Calcutta have turned into a safe haven for criminals from other side of the border.
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