Kolkata, May 21:
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday announced the implementation of a mechanism under which infiltrators detained by state police would be handed over directly to the BSF for deportation, while unveiling what he described as part of a broader “detect, delete and deport” framework.
The announcement, made at a press conference attended by senior BSF officials shortly after Adhikari returned from north Bengal, signalled a sharper policy turn on infiltration and border management — long among the BJP’s most potent political themes in Bengal, at the centre of the new government’s agenda.
Adhikari said those communities covered under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) would remain outside the ambit of the new mechanism, while others identified as infiltrators would face action with immediate effect.
“A letter was sent by the Centre to the state on May 14 last year regarding the direct handover of infiltrators to the BSF, but the previous government failed to implement this important provision. We have now enforced it,” the chief minister said at the state secretariat Nabanna.