Illegal Bangladeshis Use Remote Sundarban Islands for Entering Bengal

Security agencies, central and state, have identified certain remote islands in West Bengal's Sundarban area as the probable safe shelters for the Bangladeshi infiltrators illegally crossing over to the Indian side.

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Sources said the 13 most vulnerable islands were identified in the Gosaba block in the South 24-Parganas district considering the lack of security arrangements there because of the remote nature of such islands. The Sundarban area falls in the South 24-Parganas district near the border with Bangladesh.

As per reports, the Border Security Force (BSF) has its camp in just one of these 13 islands, which are often used as temporary shelters by the fishermen from the district frequently venturing to the deep seas for fishing.