New Delhi: For the past one week, the Border Security Force (BSF) has been tackling an influx of people — both Hindus and Muslims, and members of the Awami League — trying to cross over to India from Bangladesh’s North Bengal Frontier after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government amid violent protests.
A senior BSF officer told ThePrint they are in regular touch with their counterparts in the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), who are “cooperating” to contain the crowds.
According to sources in the government, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, in a meeting with senior officials this week, conveyed that the India-Bangladesh border has to be “monitored extremely carefully to ensure no illegal migration takes place”. Use of “non-lethal measures” to disperse crowds was also discussed, sources said.
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