BSF chief assures of zero casualties on border

 

Border Guard Bangladesh DG Maj Gen Anwar Hussain (L) and Border Security Force DG UK Bansal shake hands at a director general-level conference at BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo: Kailash SarkarUNB, Dhaka

Director General of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) UK Bansal on Saturday assured Bangladesh of bringing down casualties along the border between Bangladesh and India to a zero level.
The BSF chief was talking to reporters following a director general-level conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and BSF in the capital.
The meeting began at BGB Pilkhana headquarters on Wednesday, which ended on Friday.
About the sensational Felani murder, Bansal said those involved in the killing have been suspended and a court of inquiry is going on into the incident, which will be completed soon.
Felani, a 15-year-old girl, was shot dead by BSF men on January 7, 2012 at Fulbari in Kurigram while she was returning to Bangladesh with her father. Later, India expressed regret and sympathy at the killing of the minor girl.
The BSF DG also said India had given Bangladesh specific information about the camps of Indian criminals in Bangladesh and the Bangladesh authorities dismantled some of those after operations.
BGB DG Major General Anwar Hussain however said they had got some information in this regard and carried out operations accordingly, but they did not find any existence of such camps in Bangladesh.
The BGB DG also said they, at the meeting, placed a list of 18 border points through which Indian intoxicating Phensidyl syrup enters Bangladesh, seeking remedial measures.
“We’ve also urged India to take steps so that Bangladeshi terrorists are not able to take shelter in India,” Hussain added.
Director General of BGB Major General Anwar Hussain led a 25-member home delegation, while Director General of BSF UK Bansal heading a 22-member delegation of India to the conference.