Guwahati: In the wake of terror strike in Dhaka in neighbouring Bangladesh that left 20 foreigners dead, alert has been sounded in Assam and Tripura especially in the districts having border with Bangladesh apprehending possible attempts of terror elements to cross over the border which has remained porous in many stretches till date.
The governors of Assam and Tripura have told the Border Security Force (BSF) to tighten their vigil on the border with Bangladesh following the terror attack on Dhaka.
Assam Governor PB Acharya who visited the Sutarkandi border areas in Karimganj district of South Assam on Sunday, held discussion with BSF officials. The governor has asked the BSF to keep “maximum vigil” along the winding border. Acharya also met officials of district administration, and also talked to Border Guards Bangladesh officials, a senior official informed.
In Tripura, Governor Tathagata Roy met BSF officials on Sunday to take stock of the situation along the 856 Km long border with Bangladesh in the land-locked state. “We have apprised the governor about the steps taken along the India-Bangladesh border,” said BSF’s Tripura Frontier Inspector General JB Sangwan.
“Central paramilitary forces, Tripura Police and Tripura State Rifles are also keeping a close watch in the prevailing situation,” Tripura DGP K Nagaraj said on Monday.
Meanwhile, the DGP of Assam police Mukesh Sahay informed that Superintendents of Police in bordering districts of Dhubri, Karimganj and Chachar as well as the BSF guarding Bangladesh border had been asked to be on maximum alert in view of the development in the neighbouring country.All the SPs in Assam have been asked to gear up their intelligence machinery and keep a close watch over the situation.
