Ground Report: Unfenced Indo-Bangla Border, Aggressive Bangladesh Border Guards, And Smugglers & Traffickers
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A territorial dispute created just now by new Regime in Bangladesh.
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Though the ‘zero line’ is un-demarcated because it is physically impossible to do so, t
here are reference pillars on the banks on either side to indicate the axis along which it runs.
And this ‘zero line’ had been, till earlier this week, considered sacrosanct by both the BSF and BGB.
However, the Islamist surge in Bangladesh amidst the ongoing turmoil has inspired the BGB to adopt an aggressive posture.
January 7 (Tuesday) saw the new commanding officer of BGB’s 58th battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Rafique Islam, claiming that the Kodalia river flowing along Ranghat lies within Bangladeshi territory and that the international border lies on its west bank (in India).
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“We are witnessing a new aggression on the part of the BGB. The BGB’s recent postures along many parts of the IB (international border) are quite aggressive. Our personnel posted along the IB are reporting a disturbing trend of BGB personnel turning hostile and quite combative,” a senior officer at the BSF’s South Bengal Frontier headquarters in Kolkata told Swarajya.
The top BSF officer, who did not want to be named because of the sensitive nature of the subject, said that this combative stance of many BGB officers and men has been witnessed over the past couple of months.
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Long article. As per locals, Bangladeshi smugglers also push in Bangladeshis.
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The BGB and Bangladeshis retreated. The BSF later conveyed to the BGB that since the fencing was going on inside Indian territory, it would continue and attempts to disrupt it wouldn’t be tolerated.
BSF officers told Swarajya that the BGB personnel who objected to the fencing at that stretch of the border were accompanied by Bangladeshi smugglers and traffickers.
What was disconcerting is that the BGB rallied behind these criminals,” said the top BSF officer at the force’s South Bengal Frontier HQs.
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ie. Bangladesh providing phull sappart to smugglers, criminals & anti socials.
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New commandant of BGB who supports all criminal elements, rallies behind them & is aggressive to BSF & Indian citizens