The border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh on Monday agreed to undertake combined efforts to bring down incidents of assault on Border Security Force (BSF) personnel by trans-border criminals of the neighbouring country.
The ADG was welcomed by Inspector-General (IG) BSF Tripura, Patel Piyush Purusottam Das and other senior officers followed by a guard of honour. IG BSF Tripura briefed the ADG about the general security scenario along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
In these operations carried out at Seemanagar on state highway no. 11 in Nadia district, the Kolkata DRI and the BSF recovered a total of 16 gold bricks and a gold biscuit weighing 9.572 kg, cash worth Rs 11,58,500 and a Maruti Eco car used in gold delivery from the possession of the smuggle
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha held a meeting with the BSF and other security agencies to review the issues related to human trafficking, smuggling and other border-related crimes along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Thursday.
In yet another success in its drive against trans-border crimes and narcotics trafficking, troops under the Border Security Force (BSF) Guwahati Frontier foiled a smuggling bid and seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN), narcotics and rescued large number of cattle heads meant for smugglin
"We discussed several measures to build and develop mutual confidence between people living in border areas of both countries," Ayush Mani Tiwari, IG, BSF, South Bengal Frontier, said.
The Bangladesh delegation led by Brigadier General Shamim Ahmed, SGP, SPP, PBGM, Additional Director General, Region Commander, South Western Region, Jessore, arrived in India from ICP Petrapole Saturday morning.
In a tense confrontation with a group of armed Bangladeshi smugglers, India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday morning neutralized one of them near India-Bangladesh border fence, approximately 150 yards inside Indian territory in West Tripura.
The incident happened on Sunday afternoon when a large group of Bangladeshi miscreants crossed over the border illegally and gathered near the fencing, the BSF said in a statement.