The Border Security Force (BSF) has lodged a "strong protest" with its Bangladesh counterpart, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), against illegal crossing by Bangladeshi miscreants and abduction of its personnel.
Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday visited the Ram Rai Kuti Border Outpost of Dhubri district and interacted with the BSF Jawans in Sainik Sammelan at the BOP centre.
During the meeting, progress of various communications with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and status of safety of minority communities in Bangladesh, especially in bordering districts, were discussed.
The BSF delegation was led by Manoj Kumar Barnwal, DIG, Sector HQ BSF Shillong while Md. Saiful Islam Chowdhury, Deputy Director General, Sector Commander BGB, Sylhet, Bangladesh led the BGB delegates.
The five-member Indian committee to monitor the current situation along the Bangladesh border has made communication with their counterparts while the border guarding forces of the two countries have held 83 flag meetings in the last three days as well as 241 simultaneous coordinating pat
The BSF South Bengal Frontier has set up special assistance counters to provide comprehensive assistance to Indian students returning from Bangladesh amid the deadly protests over the quota system for civil service jobs, Officials said on Monday.
The BSF chief, who is on two-day visit to the border guarding force's Jammu frontier from July 20 to assess the security situation along the Jammu International Border, also engaged in detailed discussions with unit commandants, focusing on various operational aspects and the preparedness
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 Border Security Force has intensified its operation against touts and trans-border criminals in order to clamp down on the influx of Bangladeshi nationals and smuggling of contraband items in the state of Tripura, BSF Inspector General, Patel Piyush Purushottam Das said.
"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.