BGB, BSF agree on restricting access for all except farmers near Sonamasjid border
The meeting also discussed addressing border-related problems, discouraging trespassing and drug smuggling, and preventing misinformation or rumours by media over border issues
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India's Border Security Force (BSF) today (22 January) agreed to restrict the access of all individuals, except farmers, within 150 yards of the Sonamasjid border.
A sector commander-level meeting between the BGB and BSF was held this morning at the border outpost conference room in Chapainawabganj, the 59 BGB Battalion said in a press release.
The meeting, held in a friendly environment, also discussed addressing border-related problems, discouraging trespassing and drug smuggling, and preventing misinformation or rumours by media over border issues.
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The BGB delegation was led by Rajshahi Sector Commander Colonel Imran Ibne A. Rouf, while DIG Arun Kumar Gautam of the Malda Sector led the BSF team.
Lt Col Golam Kibria, Commanding Officer of the 59 BGB Battalion, and Suraj Singh, Commanding Officer of the 119 BSF Battalion were present.
Tensions between the two forces recently escalated due to BSF's alleged construction of a barbed wire fence near the zero line at Chouka border on 7 January and the felling of mango trees in Bangladesh by Indian nationals near the Chouka and Kiranganj border areas on 18 January.
