Purba Bardhaman, April 27 -- After the recovery of arms and ammunition from the house of Abu Taleb, a kin of ruling TMC leader Hafizul Khan, by a joint team of the CBI and the Bomb Squad of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) from the Sarberia area of Sandeshkhali, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday the state has turned into a "safe haven for terrorists".

Hafizul, it turns out, is an aide of expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the alleged mastermind of the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali while it was raiding his house in connection with the ration 'scam' and a key accused in the 'excesses' on women and land grab in the island.

Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Ghosh, the BJP's Lok Sabha nominee from the Purba Bar...