Shah reviews security at Siliguri Corridor, pushes for 'triangular grid'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held a meeting with senior officials of West Bengal and central forces to review security along the nation's eastern borders, focusing primarily on strengthening arrangements at the Siliguri Corridor, also called the 'Chicken's Neck', officials said.

The key focus of the meeting was to enhance border surveillance, improve coordination between the central security forces, intelligence agencies and the state police and administration, and draw up a framework for establishing a 'Triangular Security Grid', they said.

Senior officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) deployed along the borders also participated in the crucial discussion, which took place at Sukna on the outskirts of Siliguri on the third and final day of the home minister's visit to the state.

The meeting's significance lay in Siliguri's proximity to the international borders with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, and the importance of the narrow ...