KOLKATA/ AGARTALA: A high alert has been sounded on the Indo-Bangla border in the five states of West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram in the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka with the BSF stepping up its vigil.
The BSF said in the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka, BSF in Meghalaya has also augmented its manpower at border keeping in view the possibilities of illegal migration and trans-border movement.
The security agencies in Bangladesh have also launched operations along some border areas. After these operations some elements may attempt to escape from Bangladesh to hide in forested areas in India, the BSF statement said.
India and Bangladesh share a 4,096 km-long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world, with West Bengal having the highest length with 2,217 km. The length of the border in the other four states is Tripura (856 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Assam (262 km) and Mizoram (180 km).
BSF Inspector General (Meghalaya Frontier) P.K. Dubey said the force has been put on ‘very high alert’ along the Indo- Bangladesh border in Meghalaya.
Dubey has also discussed the security situation in Meghalaya – especially the situation in Garo Hills – with the Meghalaya DGP. Both BSF and police will co-ordinate actions against anti national elements.
Dubey said he had spoken to officials of Meghalaya police for coordination and sharing of information as soon as news of the killings came in.
Meghalaya has over 100 ‘gaps’ consisting of streams, rivers and drains apart from the unfenced 90-km stretch along its 443-km border with Bangladesh.
Accordingly, the BSF has sought cooperation of all state and central intelligence units to ensure that no illegal cross-border movement takes place, he said. Police personnel posted close to the border have been alerted and asked to keep strict vigil in close coordination with the BSF, a senior police officer said. (With inputs from PTI)
