Arms being smuggled in to create unrest in north Bengal and divide state: Mamata

TIL Desk/National/Kolkata/ West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that arms are being smuggled from Bihar and across international borders to create unrest in north Bengal with an intention to divide the state.

She alleged that vehicles belonging to VIPs, with tinted glass, are being used to smuggle arms and money into West Bengal, while directing the police to increase ‘naka-checking’ to prevent such attempts.

“Arms from Bihar and across the international borders are being smuggled into West Bengal to create unrest in the northern parts and divide the state. We have to tackle this. I ask you to increase naka-checking,” Banerjee told officials during an administrative review meeting in Ranaghat.

“These people hailing from outside West Bengal are taking advantage of coming in VIP vehicles…they are carrying arms and money. They are conspiring to create disturbances in our state,” the Trinamool Congress supremo said.