The Border Guard Bangladesh has conveyed to India’s Border Security Force its ‘deep concern’ over death and injury caused to Bangladeshi nationals along the border between the two countries.
BGB chief Major General Aziz Ahmed told his BSF counterpart Subhash Joshi that Bangladesh continued to be deeply concerned over the death of its nationals along the border.
Joshi, on his part, assured him that the BSF would take ‘all possible measures’ to bring down the number of such incidents.
The issue was raised at the 37th border coordination meet between the two border forces in New Delhi. Ahmed led the 23-member delegation from Bangladesh, while 25-member Indian delegation was headed by Joshi.
The BGB and the BSF discussed various measures to curb trans-border crimes and violence on border, and agreed to increase joint patrolling on the border to prevent movement of criminals, smugglers and insurgents.
Both Ahmed and Joshi agreed to increase the number of Simultaneous Coordinated Patrols in vulnerable areas, especially during night, apart from enhancing sharing of intelligence and raising frequency of meetings between field-level functionaries for curbing trans-border criminal activities.
During the meet that ended on Friday, both sides reiterated their commitment to continue active mutual cooperation and decided to share real-time intelligence and strengthen the existing mechanism for better coordination in fighting elements involved in criminal activities.
The two sides also agreed to operationalise Joint Task Force on Fake Indian Currency Notes at the earliest.
For effective border management and swift resolution of problems related to border, the BGB and the BSF decided to implement ‘Coordinated Border Management Plan’ in letter and spirit.
Ahmed and Joshi on Friday told journalists that they also agreed to continue close cooperation, including sharing of actionable information on drug traffickers. To prevent smuggling of drugs and narcotics including phensedyl, Joshi emphasized on the need for early fencing of unfenced stretches prone to smuggling and requested Ahmed for cooperation from the BGB.
They later decided to carry out a joint verification of such stretches at the earliest, so that fencing could be done there expeditiously.
The two border forces also agreed to maintain the sanctity of the international border and take appropriate steps to prevent illegal border crossings and human trafficking
Source: bdnews24
Does any one believe the Indian BSF authority? But we are sorry to see what our BGB are doing on the border. We remember when there was EPR, BSF kept a safe distance from them. They used to stay mile away from them even if the EPR was on the no-man’s land. But now the scene has radically changed. We are independent (?) now. In fact it’s very doubtful if they are under the control of the Indian govt or have they been given clean chit to kill Bangladeshi people while their top bosses feign to be friendly (?) to us? We can recall Mujib-Indira accord through which Bangabandhu gave away Berubari to India soon after the accord was signed whereas India has been still making lame excuses to hand over Bangladeshi enclaves ever since. On the other side, has anyone seen that one phensydil peddler has ever been BSF target? NO. Gun runners into Bangladesh? NO. Who they shoot to kill are innocent cattle traders or try to cross border or go near the barbed wire fence for necessity. India has taken countless advantages from Bangladesh without giving a single in return. See what they are doing with the Farakka barrage and now they are bent upon drying up Bangladesh by withdrawing water from the Teesta. Bangladeshi TV channels are forbidden in India but our so-called patriots happily show all the Indian TV channels here. What a friendship, mairy!
We lost our pride and freedom. We used to stand tall and now we have bend and hide for cover. Because the Indians are coming. They are not only in the borders. They in Dhaka and other cities as well. They are inside our secret service, the armed forces and other sensitive installations. WE HAVE LOST OUR FREEDOM.