The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday said it thwarted an alleged attempt by India's Border Security Force (BSF) to push three women into Bangladesh through the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat district.
The incident took place at dawn in the area adjacent to International Border Pillar 833/9-S under the Dhabalsuti Border Outpost (BOP) of the Teesta Battalion (61 BGB).
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According to BGB, members of the Kharkharia Camp of the 98 Battalion BSF allegedly tried to send the three women into Bangladesh through a gate in the barbed-wire fence on the Indian side of the border.
Sensing the move, a BGB patrol team immediately took preventive measures, forcing the attempt to fail and preventing the women from entering Bangladeshi territory.
BGB said the three women are currently staying around 150 yards inside Indian territory from Border Pillar 833/9-S.
Lieutenant Colonel Syed Fazle Munim, commanding officer of the Teesta Battalion, said the matter had been raised with the commander of the concerned BSF battalion, urging Indian authorities to take back the women involved in the alleged push-in attempt without delay.
He said BGB has also reinforced security measures and intensified patrols along the border following the incident.