When the Border Security Force (BSF) implemented a strict "zero firing" policy during patrolling along the Indo-Bangladesh border, a troubling incident occurred yesterday, where a group of Bangladeshi miscreants allegedly abducted an Indian jawan.
In view of recent developments in Bangladesh, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has beefed up security along the International Maritime Boundary Line to prevent any illegal intrusion in India.
The move comes amid escalating concerns about the law and order situation in Bangladesh, which has prompted the BSF to bolster security measures in the bordering regions.
This statement came after Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha raised alarms over the issue.
The police team recovered fine quality FICNs amounting to Rs 1,97,500 of the denomination of Rs 500 from the accused. One of the accused disclosed that he has been supplying FICNs in Delhi-NCR and UP for the last five years.
Total value of seized mobile phones has been pegged at Rs 38,83,000. The seized goods were handed over to English Bazar Police for further legal action.
She entered India illegally 18 years ago and started working as a maid. She converted whatever she earned to gold and silver ornaments and now wanted to return home.
While the police had said that preliminary investigations pointed out to the constable having some grievances with his seniors,a top BSF official today said that Mr Sutradhar opened fire out of frustration after having failed to talk to his second wife over the mobile phone during duty on the Indo-Bangladesh border.
RR Sharma, the DIG, BSF, North Bengal Frontier Headquarters at Kadamtala in Siliguri, said Mr Sutradhar was performing his first shift duty on the Indo-Bangladesh border, when he fired two rounds in the air from his service rifle.
The 3,000 odd neither-here-nor-there people of village for whom the March 24 lockdown came as a bolt from the blue as the border gates closed abruptly at midnight hour, shutting them out from the rest of the country.
