Indo-Bangla border News
Four Bangladeshi infiltrators, including two women, were arrested near the Indo-Bangla border in Nadia, West Bengal. Caught attempting to return to Bangladesh, they admitted to illegal entry a year ago.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission had asked telecom operators to shut down the mobile network in the one-kilometre border areas with India and Myanmar.
Bangladesh was referred to as East Pakistan before it gained independence. Decades since, some of the pillars at border with India remained with the erstwhile name.
Superintendent of police P Sudhakar said Tushar Kanti Das of BSF 64 Battalion had spotted the minitruck at Gaighata in the morning and had given it a chase on a cycle along with a local.
The counsel representing Assam government had said there was no intention on the part of the Chief Minister to interfere in the apex court proceedings.
The issue of erecting fences along the international Indo-Bangla border was in cold storage for last several years. It was taken up just months after the terror attack in Dhaka.
India and Bangladesh share a 4,096 km-long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world, with West Bengal having the highest length with 2,217 km.
An alert was sounded along the 856-km long border with Bangladesh in view of the terrorist attack in a restaurant in Dhaka late Friday night, a top police official said on Sunday.
The BJP in West Bengal has demanded immediate sealing of the Indo-Bangla border, claiming madrasas operating along it are a breeding ground of terrorism and anti-national activities in the country.
Sonowal asked the border sentinels to ensure erection of fencing expeditiously for a safe and fool-proof border with the neighbouring country.
The minister also said he has asked the Union Home Secretary to create a national "think tank" which will work to ensure India's security in all its spheres.
Rajnath Singh also raised the issue of infiltration of Bangladeshis into India through the border with the state.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the NDA government will "completely seal" the Indo-Bangladesh border within a reasonable time frame.
India shares a total of 4,096 km of border with Bangladesh.
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