BSF issues high alert along international border amid Bangladesh unrest
Aug 05, 2024
New Delhi [India], August 5 : In light of the current law and order situation in Bangladesh, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday put the India-Bangladesh border on high alert for the next 48 hours.
BSF DG Daljit Singh Chawdhary has also reached Kolkata to keep a close watch and monitor the situation.
A senior BSF officer has confirmed that given the situation in Bangladesh, a high alert has been issued to BSF frontiers at India-Bangladesh border. North and South Bengal Frontiers have been instructed to intensify patrolling.
Another BSF officer confirmed that "Ops alert" exercise was already underway to ensure effective border domination and management.
Since July 18 the BSF has facilitated the entry of Indian students.
Security along the Indo-Bangladesh border has been beefed up to ensure that any infiltration/or illegal entry of any national is thwarted, added the officer.
India shares 4,096 kilometers international border with Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her position and an interim government will run Bangladesh said the country's Chief of Army Staff General Waqar-uz-Zaman on Monday.
The Bangladesh Army Chief said the political transition is underway and all "murders will be judged." He also called on the people of the country to trust the Army while appealing for an immediate stop of the nationwide violence.
"Maintain peace and order in the country. You trust me, let's work together. Please help. I won't get anything by fighting. Avoid conflict. We have built a beautiful country together," the Army Chief said.
In response to a question from journalists, the Army Chief said that he had a meeting with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the Jatiya Party and Jamaat-e-Islami. Teachers Afis Nazrul and Jonayet Saki were also present at the meeting, as per reports in Bangladesh media.
