Kolkata, May 21 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced a stringent new protocol to deal with infiltration in the state, declaring that undocumented entrants detained at Howrah Railway Station would be handed directly over to the Border Security Force (BSF) instead of being routed through prolonged judicial procedures.
The announcement came after a high-level administrative meeting in Howrah attended by senior police and civil administration officials. Addressing the media later, the chief minister said the state government was determined to curb infiltration and had already put in place a new operational framework in coordination with central guidelines.
Issuing what he described as a clear instruction to the...