Border Safety Drive personnel hold watch alongside the worldwide border between India and Bangladesh. File | Photograph credit score: The Hindu
The Border Safety Drive (BSF) is on excessive alert alongside the India-Bangladesh border in Assam in response to the continued disaster in Bangladesh. District Commissioner Mridul Yadav mentioned that the Built-in Test Submit (ICP) has been closed since Monday (August 5, 2024) and never solely import and export but additionally motion of individuals is closed.
“We’re on excessive alert and are guaranteeing that no incident of violence takes place. The BSF is on excessive alert. The built-in test submit (ICP) has been closed since Monday and never solely imports and exports however even motion of individuals is closed. A military firm has arrived, they’re tenting with the BSF to offer extra safety… Since final week, no Indian scholar or Indian citizen has come to this aspect,” Mr Yadav mentioned. ANI.
Union Dwelling Ministry units up committee to supervise safety of Indians in Bangladesh
In Assam, 4 districts (Cachar, Karimganj, Dhubri and South Salmara) share a border with Bangladesh. In the meantime, the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs has fashioned a committee, headed by the Further Director Basic (ADG) of the BSF Japanese Command, to watch the state of affairs on the India-Bangladesh border (IBB).
The BSF’s Further Director Basic, Japanese Command, is the chairman of the five-member Committee. In a letter dated August 9, Beneath Secretary to the Authorities of India Smitha Viju mentioned, “It has been determined to represent a Committee comprising the next members for the above material a) ADG, BSF, Japanese Command as Chairman, b) IG, BSF Frontier HQ South Bengal, c) IG, BSF Frontier HQ Tripura, d) Member (Planning and Growth), LPAI and e. Secretary, LPAI.
BSF sends 1,000 males, largely Hindus, to the India-Bangladesh border in Cooch Behar district
“The workplace memo additionally states that the mentioned committee will keep communication channels with its counterpart authorities in Bangladesh to make sure the protection of Indian residents and folks belonging to minority communities in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is dealing with an unstable political state of affairs with Sheikh Hasina, who tendered her resignation from the submit of Prime Minister on August 5 within the wake of rising protests.
Protests erupted in early July over calls for to reform the quota system that reserves civil service jobs for particular teams, together with descendants of 1971 conflict veterans. The unrest escalated after college students objected to a brand new coverage allocating authorities jobs to descendants of freedom fighters, resulting in violence together with assaults on state tv headquarters and police cubicles in Dhaka.
