NEW DELHI: Barely two days after taking over additional charge as BSF DG, Daljit Singh Chaudhary was holding fort at the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas and Sundarbans area of West Bengal, reviewing the force’s operational preparedness in the wake of political turmoil in Bangladesh.
Sources said BSF has issued a high alert to its frontier headquarters in charge of the India-Bangladesh border, in view of the law and order situation in Bangladesh.
This means that personnel on non-border guarding duties must be moved to the frontier for stepped-up patrolling and remain in a state of high alert for all eventualities. All those on leave or proceeding on leave may need to report back or remain on duty, an officer told TOI.
BSF sources and senior IPS officers in states bordering Bangladesh told TOI on Monday that there was no noticeable movement of people across the international border (IB) as yet. “However, if there are targeted killings in Bangladesh in the coming days, there may be attempts at infiltration into the Indian side. BSF and the police of border states of Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram are on high alert and have stepped up patrolling along the border and in border districts to track any influx,” a top police officer in one of these states said.
Assam DGP G P Singh told TOI that the situation along the Bangladesh border was normal, though the state police remained in a state of high alert. He said Indians studying in Bangladesh and carrying a valid passport would be re-admitted via designated border checkpoints, but no illegal crossing would be permitted. He said Assam police have taken enough precautions to prevent any communal situation arising out of resurgence of radical elements of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh.
Sources in the security establishment said while it was too early to predict the impact of political events in Bangladesh, the fact that Jamaat-e-Islami was back in circulation did not augur well for Hindu minorities in the country, who may seek refuge in India, and is bound to adversely impact India’s internal security, given its history of close links and affinity with Pakistan’s ISI.
“Sheikh Hasina’s long rule and her cooperation with India in cracking down not only on jihadi elements and ISI-backed outfits like Harkat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) and Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) – that had engineered terror attacks in India in the past – but also in denying a safe haven to north-east insurgents from groups like Ulfa, had brought peace in India.
Her exit may revive and re-energise these troublesome elements, adding to India’s internal security troubles on account of a hostile neighbourhood,” a senior IPS officer told TOI.
Sources said BSF has issued a high alert to its frontier headquarters in charge of the India-Bangladesh border, in view of the law and order situation in Bangladesh.
This means that personnel on non-border guarding duties must be moved to the frontier for stepped-up patrolling and remain in a state of high alert for all eventualities. All those on leave or proceeding on leave may need to report back or remain on duty, an officer told TOI.
BSF sources and senior IPS officers in states bordering Bangladesh told TOI on Monday that there was no noticeable movement of people across the international border (IB) as yet. “However, if there are targeted killings in Bangladesh in the coming days, there may be attempts at infiltration into the Indian side. BSF and the police of border states of Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram are on high alert and have stepped up patrolling along the border and in border districts to track any influx,” a top police officer in one of these states said.
Assam DGP G P Singh told TOI that the situation along the Bangladesh border was normal, though the state police remained in a state of high alert. He said Indians studying in Bangladesh and carrying a valid passport would be re-admitted via designated border checkpoints, but no illegal crossing would be permitted. He said Assam police have taken enough precautions to prevent any communal situation arising out of resurgence of radical elements of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh.
Sources in the security establishment said while it was too early to predict the impact of political events in Bangladesh, the fact that Jamaat-e-Islami was back in circulation did not augur well for Hindu minorities in the country, who may seek refuge in India, and is bound to adversely impact India’s internal security, given its history of close links and affinity with Pakistan’s ISI.
“Sheikh Hasina’s long rule and her cooperation with India in cracking down not only on jihadi elements and ISI-backed outfits like Harkat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) and Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) – that had engineered terror attacks in India in the past – but also in denying a safe haven to north-east insurgents from groups like Ulfa, had brought peace in India.
Her exit may revive and re-energise these troublesome elements, adding to India’s internal security troubles on account of a hostile neighbourhood,” a senior IPS officer told TOI.