As B’desh bids farewell to victims, Dhaka smells `Pak and ISI hand’
KOLKATA: As threatened Bangladesh bids farewell to Dhaka victims, the Hasina Government sees “hands of Pakistan and ISI in Gulshion terrorist attack’’ which left 20 dead.
Not only sources close to Prime Minister Hasina dismissed hands of any global terrorists group, but they said “they were local Jamaat actuated by Pakistan’s ISI“We fear another strike…not very late,’’ said sources, though foreign agencies promised help in further investigation.
While talks of Pakistan’s ISI hands in actuating Jamaat set off a big reaction in Bengal, it sounds how correct was 200 Hindu families which crossed over to India from Tripura the other day, refusing to return home on ground as minorities weren’t safe there.
Incidentally, talks of Pakistani hands raised security alarms to new heights. State Home Ministry sources today confirmed that all five states sharing border with Bangladesh were asked to be alert, Bengal which shares longest border – 2216 kilometre – with Bangladesh is informed to be on tight vigil.
We informed Union Home Ministry to keep in touch with Bangladesh as more action against them would lead to terrorists coming over to Bengal.According to sources, even BSF officers have had several rounds of talks with SPs of bordering districts in West Bengal.
Even Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is reported to have been maintaining close contact with PMO and Union Hom