SHILLONG: Bangladesh is no longer a safe haven for Indian insurgent groups, said BSF Director General K.K Sharma on Friday.
Sharma, who was addressing the media at the 8th annual medical conference at the BSF headquarters in the city, said the few training camps and hideouts set up by Indian rebel groups, like HNLC and ULFA, in the neighbouring country have been destroyed by the Border Guards Bangladesh.
On border fencing in the State, Sharma said BSF has taken up the land acquisition issue with the State Government. At the same time, he said the border sentinels will introduce high-end technology to detect intruders.
“BSF is in the process of filling up the gaps along the border by technological solutions — installing intruder detection alert system that would go a long way in detecting infiltrators.
Reiterating that BSF is committed to stopping cattle smuggling from India to Bangladesh, Sharma said cattle smugglers keep changing their locations even as he added that a record number of cattle were seized last year.
He also informed that last year, 16 cattle smugglers died and four BSF personnel were killed while trying to stop smuggling.
When asked about the circulation of fake Indian currency notes from the neighbouring country, he added that border troops in both countries have good relations and will coordinate with each to address the issue.
“We will definitely contain it,” he said.
