BSF prevents about 1,000 Bangladeshis from entering India
India’s BSF coordinated with the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) to ensure that these people were taken away from the border
Locals from the area on the India side of the border said some of those seeking refuge were still waiting near the border. Photo: X screengrab | ANI
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly prevented about 1,000 Bangladeshis from entering India in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal on Friday (August 9).
An official BSF press release said that approximately 1,000 Bangladeshi nationals, mostly Hindus, approached the border seeking refuge in India.
The BSF coordinated with the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) to ensure that these people were taken away from the border. The group had gathered less than a km from the border fence near a water body in Lalmonirhat district in Bangladesh.
“The quick and decisive actions of the BSF, in coordination with India’s civil administration, were crucial in maintaining order and resolving the issue,” said the BSF.
Locals from the area on the India side of the border said some of the refugee-seekers were still waiting near the border.
The Bangladesh interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in on Friday (August 9) and the citizens of Bangladesh and the international community hope that the caretaker administration will manage to maintain law and order and take the country back to a state of normalcy soon.