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According to BSF and state home department sources, 67.38 According to BSF and state home department sources, 67.38km in North 24 parganas, 7.99 km in Nadia and 6.41 km inMurshidabad district need immediate fencing as these areas arefast turning into safe heavens for JMB members and otheranti-socials. The North 24 Parganas district shares nearly 241 km ofinternational border with Bangladesh. As per state police andBSF sources, till July more than 50 Bangladeshi nationals havebeen arrested for illegally crossing over. According to state government sources, the deadlock overthe land issue came after there was agreement with the Bengalgovernment’s suggestion of direct land purchase by the BSFwith help from the state administration. Recently, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hasgiven strict instructions to the police and districtadministration to stop cow smuggling across the internationalborder. According to BSF and state home department sources, therecent terror attack in Dhaka’s posh Gulshan area and recentarrest of Mohammed Musiruddin (25) that has exposed thepresence of the terror group in the state, particularly in thedistricts bordering Bangladesh including Burdwan. "After Burdwan blast it came into light how this porousborder was used by the JMB terrorists to set up their base inthe state. A proper border fencing would help in checking it,"a senior state IB official said. Burdwan district entered the terror map in October 2014when two suspected JMB terrorists were killed while makingimprovised explosive devices at a rented house at Khagragarh. The JMB wants to established the Sharia rule by overthrowingthe democratically-elected government in Bangladesh, the NIAhad stated in its charge sheet. PTI PNT NN AAR DVAAR