A BSF jawan sustained serious injuries after being attacked by smugglers along the Indo-Bangladesh border early this morning. The incident occurred when constable Lalit Rout attempted to apprehend a group of smugglers near the border fence.
Intelligence agencies, both central and state, have been put on high alert in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, especially in the villages close to the international border, following inputs on fresh attempts by Bangladesh-based underground outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HUT) trying to infiltrate.
In a series of joint search operations, the Indian Army and Assam Rifles along with other security forces recovered 50 weapons, a large cache of ammunition and war-like stores from four districts of trouble-torn Manipur, officials said on Friday.
A minor girl from Dhupguri, who was reported missing, was found by the Border Security Force (BSF) in their quarters near Raninagar and handed over to the police on Wednesday morning.
Floodlighting and the establishment of Border Out Posts (BOPs) have significantly bolstered security, especially in riverine and densely forested areas.
Their motive behind crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border was livelihood.
Acting on a specific tip-off, troops of 04 Battalion BSF Meghalaya on Monday apprehended five Bangladeshi nationals on the Dawki-Amlarem road who illegally crossed the international border and enter into India in West Jaintia Hills, they said.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has issued a rebuttal regarding accusations of high-handedness by the force made by West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee in north Bengal on Monday.
A joint search operation was carried out with Punjab Police on Saturday morning after which at about 8:10 am, a drone in broken condition was recovered from a farming field adjacent to the village Lakhana
Border Security Force (BSF) in Punajb's Fazilka recovered a drone originating from the Pakistan side and two packets of suspected narcotics near the Abohar border, said an official statement on Thursday.
