11 Bangladeshis detained while entering India were examined for border security: BSF

New Delhi: Eleven Bangladeshi nationals have been captured while attempting to penetrate into India through the global line in West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya, the Boundary Security Power (BSF) said on Sunday. They are being addressed and will be given over to the particular state police for additional lawful activity, a BSF representative said. He likewise said the BSF was in normal touch with its partner Boundary Gatekeeper Bangladesh (BGB) to figure out common issues, particularly about the counteraction of abominations on Indian nationals and individuals from minority networks in Bangladesh.

Last week, the Association Home Service framed a board under the BSF extra chief general (ADG) (Eastern Order) to investigate the wellbeing and security issues being looked by minorities in Bangladesh following the fall of the Sheik Hasina government. The BSF is the assigned outfitted power to watch the 4,096-km-long India-Bangladesh line that runs the five eastern territories of West Bengal (2,217 km), Tripura (856 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Assam (262 km) and Mizoram (318 km). Since the Hasina government's downfall and the turmoil in the neighboring nation, the force has been on "high alert" all along this front. With the assistance of the BGB at numerous points along the Bangladesh border, the border guards have stopped several attempts at infiltration and returned thousands of Bangladeshis in recent days.

The South Bengal Outskirts of the power settled in Kolkata said in a proclamation that its Eastern Order ADG Ravi Gandhi led a functional gathering on Saturday to survey the security along the line "in the midst of the ongoing distress in Bangladesh" and the impending Freedom Day on August 15. It said, "11 Bangladeshi nationals have been secured on the boundary while invading into India. Two each were caught from West Bengal and Tripura borders while seven were captured from Meghalaya line." The representative said, "Itemized consultations were held during the gathering to additional upgrade line control, security and the board." "Additionally, it was chosen to proceed with the nearby joint effort with the BGB," he said.

The BSF has been holding banner gatherings with the BGB to figure out common issues genially, particularly for the counteraction of barbarities on Indian nationals and individuals from minority networks in Bangladesh and the BGB has been answering great, he said. Additionally, the force has instructed its personnel to use "non-lethal weapons" if necessary to prevent Bangladeshi infiltration. During a tour of the border regions on August 9 and 10, the Tripura Frontier of the force also stated that its head, an inspector general rank officer, had briefed the troops "about the incident of jailbreak in Qasimpur, Bangladesh and exhorted them to maintain high vigil to prevent any infiltration attempt." Dhaka's interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in following Hasina's departure.