Benapole trade suspended as Indian traders enforce strike
Unb, Benapole
Export-import through the Benapole land port remained suspended yesterday as the Indian traders observed strike in response to call of ruling CPM in West Bengal.Informed sources said the strike was enforced to protest the killing of Bongaon CPM leader and panchayet head Swapan Biswas who was shot dead by unknown extremists on Monday. Customs officials said a few trucks loaded with fish crossed the border in the morning but remained stranded at Petrapole. About 100 trucks loaded with goods including jute, hessian, jute twine are waiting in the queue at Benapole.
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