Tension has erupted between the BGB and BSF, the frontier guards of Bangladesh and India respectively, during tre last two days at the Chouka border in Chapainawabganj, centered around the construction of a barbed wire fence. However, the BGB states that the situation is now calm.
According to BGB and local sources, BSF members from the Sabdalpur BSF camp of Gopalganj police station in India's Malda district began constructing a barbed wire fence along the border at border pillars 177/1S, 2S, and 3S on Sunday morning. The BGB members intervened, leading to a flag meeting between both sides in the afternoon, but no solution was reached.
On Monday, when the BSF resumed the fence construction, the BGB again intervened. After this, the BSF halted the construction of the road. This has caused panic among the local population.
Local Union Parishad member Kamal Uddin stated that the BSF was putting up the barbed wire fence along the zero line at around 10am on Monday when the BGB intervened. This has led to heightened tension in the area.
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Lieutenant Colonel Golam Kibria, the commander of the 59th BGB battalion, said, “The BSF had started digging for the barbed wire fence, but after the BGB intervention, they stopped the work. The situation is now calm. Additional BGB members have been deployed at the border.”
He assured that there is no reason for the general public to be afraid.