5-day border blockade if Chinmoyananda isn't released: Suvendu

Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has issued an ultimatum today to Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh's caretaker government, demanding the release of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das alias Swami Chinmoyananda and other detained monks by tomorrow.

- RAJIB CHAKRABORTY

Mr Adhikari warned of a five-day blockade at the Petrapole border, the largest land customs station in Asia, next week if the demand is not met.

On Monday, Suvendu Adhikari along with Mahamandaleshwar Swami Paramatmananda, president of All India Santa Samaj, and a large gathering of saints, Matua community members, and locals, protested at Petrapole's Zero Point, just 30 metres from Bangladesh's Benapole land port areas. To highlight their demands, black gas balloons were released, symbolising a stern warning to the Bangladesh care-taker government.