Mamata govt failed to check cattle smuggling: Chidambaram-led Panel

Committee finds seized cattled up for auction bought back by smugglers, pushed to Bangladesh again

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs chaired by Congress leader P Chidambaram in its report on border security presented to the Rajya Sabha in April 2017 had noted that the West Bengal government wasn’t making enough efforts to check cattle smuggling to Bangladesh.

The committee’s report noted, "The Committee is distressed to note that despite several measures taken by the BSF, the problem of cattle smuggling persists along the international border with Bangladesh. The Committee is particularly anguished to note that the West Bengal State Government has failed to implement its own order dated September 1, 2003 that