BSF flags steep rise in Bangla infiltration bids

HIGHLIGHTING recent increase in infiltration attempts from the Bangladesh side, the Border Security Force (BSF) has raised its concerns at the recently concluded nodal-officer level Border Coordination Meeting (BCM) with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole in West Bengal, officials said on Friday.

At the meeting the Bangladeshi delegation was led by Lt Col Md Anwarul Mazhar, the operations director and nodal officer and the Indian side was led by Nilotpal Kumar Pandey, the DIG (G), Frontier Headquarters, BSF, South Bengal Frontier, the officials said.

Noting that such meetings are of critical importance in handling border guarding operations, particularly in view of the prevailing situation in Bangladesh, a senior BSF official said, this gave opportunity to both sides to understand issues of concerns along the 4,096-kilometer of the frontier.