BSF Tripura border inspector general Patel Piyush Purushottam Das said manpower has been strengthened at sensitive border posts and special operations have been launched to crack down on the network of touts and smugglers in the border areas.
"The BSF has a zero-tolerance policy against all such activities and field commanders have been informed to launch intelligence-based operations to nab the touts," the officer told the media.
Three days after Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha ordered the BSF to intensify its surveillance along the India-Bangladesh border in the state to curb infiltration, the border guard force on Sunday said it had further reinforced its security along the border.
The BSF IG claimed that the gaps in the border fences are being plugged with improvised methods.
Additional teams are being deployed to deep areas and special attention is being paid to joint operations with state police and other security agencies; the results of which are visible on the ground, he stated.
In the current year, a seizure of contraband worth Rs 29 million was made and 198 Bangladeshi nationals and 12 Rohingyas were arrested, Das said, adding that narcotics and psychotropic drugs worth Rs 32 million have been seized this year. crores.
The IG said that in the recently concluded four-day talks between the IG BSF and the Regional Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Shillong from July 1, a file containing a list of resellers and criminals from Bangladesh and they assured to take action against them according to the law of the country.
“Both the BSF and BGB have agreed to identify vulnerable areas along the border and enhance coordinated special patrols carried out jointly. A decision was also made to share phone numbers at the field commander level to enable real-time information sharing,” the IG said.
The Inspector General said a multi-dimensional approach would ensure a secure border in the state of Tripura.
Following increasing infiltration from across the border, the Tripura Chief Minister, during a high-level meeting on July 4, asked senior BSF and police officials to take appropriate measures to prevent infiltration, smuggling, illegal trade and border crimes.
Around 100 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, have been arrested at Agartala railway station for their illegal entry, while 25 Rohingyas, including six women and seven children, were arrested at two different places in the northern district of Tripura in the last two months.
Before illegally entering Tripura (India), the Rohingya fled their camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, where more than a million Rohingya displaced from Myanmar live since 2017.
"The BSF has a zero-tolerance policy against all such activities and field commanders have been informed to launch intelligence-based operations to nab the touts," the officer told the media.
Three days after Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha ordered the BSF to intensify its surveillance along the India-Bangladesh border in the state to curb infiltration, the border guard force on Sunday said it had further reinforced its security along the border.
The BSF IG claimed that the gaps in the border fences are being plugged with improvised methods.
Additional teams are being deployed to deep areas and special attention is being paid to joint operations with state police and other security agencies; the results of which are visible on the ground, he stated.
In the current year, a seizure of contraband worth Rs 29 million was made and 198 Bangladeshi nationals and 12 Rohingyas were arrested, Das said, adding that narcotics and psychotropic drugs worth Rs 32 million have been seized this year. crores.
The IG said that in the recently concluded four-day talks between the IG BSF and the Regional Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Shillong from July 1, a file containing a list of resellers and criminals from Bangladesh and they assured to take action against them according to the law of the country.
“Both the BSF and BGB have agreed to identify vulnerable areas along the border and enhance coordinated special patrols carried out jointly. A decision was also made to share phone numbers at the field commander level to enable real-time information sharing,” the IG said.
The Inspector General said a multi-dimensional approach would ensure a secure border in the state of Tripura.
Following increasing infiltration from across the border, the Tripura Chief Minister, during a high-level meeting on July 4, asked senior BSF and police officials to take appropriate measures to prevent infiltration, smuggling, illegal trade and border crimes.
Around 100 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, have been arrested at Agartala railway station for their illegal entry, while 25 Rohingyas, including six women and seven children, were arrested at two different places in the northern district of Tripura in the last two months.
Before illegally entering Tripura (India), the Rohingya fled their camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, where more than a million Rohingya displaced from Myanmar live since 2017.
