In a well-planned operation carried out on August 10, BSF troops, in collaboration with the Meghalaya Police, apprehended seven Bangladeshi nationals along with two Indian facilitators at a checkpoint, said BSF in a statement on Sunday.
The BSF averted an infiltration bid when thousands of residents from Bangladesh gathered along the Indo-Bangladesh border at Cooch Behar raising slogans and tried to enter the Indian side on Friday morning.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee that is to be headed by the ADG, Border Security Force, Eastern Command to monitor the current Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) situation.
In order to create a sense of security among locals at the India-Bangladesh border, the Border Security Force (BSF) held a coordination meeting in border villages on Thursday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) North Bengal Frontier has reviewed security measures along the Indo-Bangladesh border due to the ongoing political unrest in Bangladesh.
Daljit Singh Chaudhary, Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), visited the Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole and the highly sensitive Border Out Post Ranaghat of the 68th Battalion deployed on the Indo-Bangladesh border in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on
Given the changed situation in Bangladesh, BSF has issued an alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border and the number of troops deployed along the border has also increased.
Amid the ongoing situation in Bangladesh after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Meghalaya government has imposed a night curfew in the state along the Indo-Bangladesh border from Monday.
Additional Director General, BSF (Eastern Command), Kolkata, Ravi Gandhi, on his visit to BSF Frontier Meghalaya, reviewed and assessed the various operational and administrative-related issues along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP Jharkhand co in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday reached Pakur and alleged 'Bangladeshi infiltrators' of grabbing Tribals' land.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Wednesday that the Indo-Bangladesh border is being used by the Rohingyas and said that "Rohingya penetration to India has increased manifold."