Statesman News Service
MALDA, Sept 5: The border security force and police officials of Malda have initiated a joint move to curb smuggling of sophisticated weapons along the Indo-Bangla border. The step has been taken following the recent recovery of an AK-47 rifle from a hotel here and arrest of two persons.Ranjit Sarkar, one of the arrested persons, reportedly made some revelations regarding smuggling of sophisticated weapons during police interrogation.The BSF and the police officials are trying to find out how the Bangladeshi people managed to cross the Indo-Bangladesh border to supply AK-47 rifles to smugglers at Pakuahat in Malda's Bamongola police station area. Ranjit reportedly confessed before the police that one Shyamal came here from Bangladesh and gave him the weapon. Senior BSF officials and Malda SP Mr DK Mondal today interrogated Ranjit again and went to his house to interrogate his relatives and neighbours. Speaking to The Statesman over telephone, Mr Mondal, said: "Ranjit is claiming that he had received the AK-47 rifle from one Shyamal, a resident of Bangladesh."The SP added that Ranjit had no criminal background.The BSF officials, on the other hand, have decided to step up vigilance along the border to curb smuggling of firearms and explosives from Bangladesh side.
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