Security has been tightened along the Bihar–West Bengal border as polling gets underway, with districts like Katihar under high alert. Authorities have launched strict vehicle checks and surveillance to prevent cross-border crime and ensure peaceful elections

During surveillance, Police Sub-Inspector A.P. Parmar received specific intelligence that Irfan Kalekhan Pathan, a resident of Siddhpur in Patan district, was allegedly influenced by extremist Islamic ideology