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Red alert has been sounded along the Indo-Nepal border in West Bengal in the wake of Maoist violence in the Himalayan kingdom and the subsequent imposition of a state of emergency by the Nepal government.
The Divisional Commissioner of Jalpaiguri Division, A K Jain, said that violence in Nepal was a matter of concern to the state government as there was a possibility of Maoists crossing over into the Darjeeling district.
Jain, who visited the Panitanki border check post on Monday, said security arrangements were further tightened by mobilising maximum forces.
A special security force, he added, was reaching the borders and would take charge by November 30.
Jain said there was no reason for panic as the government was taking all steps to maintain law and order and to check infiltration.
As the existing Indo-Nepal Treaty allows free movement of the citizens across the borders, it poses difficulty in checking unwanted persons, Jain said adding the police and administration of the two countries were keeping close contact and cooperating in 'every field' to ensure peace.
Nepal's Consul General Yubraj Bhusal had on Monday urged the West Bengal government to beef up security arrangements in North Bengal, where a large number of his country's terrorists were believed to have taken shelter.
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