The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh
(BGB) have agreed to further intensify vigil along the international
border to curb crimes, cross-border movement and other illegal
activities.
This was decided an inspector general-level meeting
between BSF and BGB was held in Chittagong of Bangladesh last week where
it was decided to further strengthen the vigil along the border to
control crimes, cross-border movement of hostile elements and
unauthorized persons besides other illegal activities.
It is
learnt that both sides have exchanged information relating to
trans-border illegal activities and chalked out various strategies to
deal with it.
BSF’s Mizoram-Cachar frontier Inspector General Kanu
Charan Mahali led the Indian team while Tripura frontier Inspector
General Soloman Yash Kumar Minz, his Assam-Meghalaya frontier
counterpart Kuldeep Saini and officials from the External Affairs
Ministry took part in the four day meeting.
Notably, both the
border guards have been adopting a zero tolerance policy to curb
smuggling of arms, explosives and drugs and human trafficking along
their frontiers.
The next border coordination conference would be
held in any of the north-eastern states that share international border
with Bangladesh in August next.
Four northeastern states –
Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam – share a 1,880 km international
border with Bangladesh with most parts of it unfenced, mountainous and
prone to crime.
