Surveillance tightened at Bengal's maritime boundary with crisis-hit Bangladesh to stop illegal immigration

Security agencies, both central and state, have beefed up surveillance at the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) with Bangladesh in West Bengal, apprehending illegal crossover of Bangladeshi citizens including members of underground outfits who had become active again amid the ongoing crisis there.

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Sources said that the decision to beef up surveillance has been taken following two recent developments; the first being two Bangladeshi marine vessels being nabbed for crossing the IMBL and entering the Indian waters illegally.

Intelligence inputs are that besides the porous land borders with Bangladesh in certain pockets of West Bengal, there might be attempts of illegal crossover using the maritime borders and subsequently spreading across to different parts in the state.