Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan, director general of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday visited Tin Bigha Corridor, Angarpota-Dahagram and Panbari border areas in Patgram of Lalmonirhat. He visited BGB's Rangpur Region headquarters and Rangpur Battalion as part of his inspection of operational, training and administrative activities of various units of BGB, said Md Shariful Islam, public relation officer (PRO) of the BGB headquarters. At that time, he also planted trees there, he added. Later, he visited Tin Bigha Corridor where a team of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) gave a guard of honor to him. He exchanged greetings with the BSF members. In addition, he visited Angarpota-Dahagram and Panbari border areas and talked to the local public representatives and inquired about the common people. The BGB director general also exchanged greetings with the BGB members on duty at the border and provided guidance on various operational, training and administrative issues. On his way back, he also visited Teesta Battalion and Teesta Barrage areas. During his visit, senior BGB officers, battalion captain and other officers were also present, added Shariful.

India's elite border guards have allegedly thrashed two Bangladeshi men at the entry gate of the Dahagram-Angarpota Tin Bigha Corridor in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat. Dahagram-Angarpota is a Bangladeshi enclave in India, about 200 metres from the international border. It is linked to mainland Bangladesh through the Tin Bigha Corridor, which is situated in Patgram upazila. Read: Two Bangladeshis killed by BSF inside Indian territory - Locals claimed that Joynal Abedin (32) and Al Mamun (40) were caught and tortured by the Border Security Force (BSF) after they "accidentally" strayed into India through the corridor on Monday. The duo had narrated their ordeal, after their release by the Indian border guards. Later that day, a flag meeting was held between the BSF and Border Guards Bangladesh after the latter lodged a strong protest over the incident with their Indian counterparts. Read: Bangladeshi youth killed in BSF firing along Lalmonirhat border Movement through the Tin Bigha corridor was also halted for two hours that day in the wake of the incident. At the flag meeting, two company commanders of the Indian border guards also expressed their regret over the incident, Nazrul Islam, company commander of the 51 Border Guards Bangladesh Panbari camp, told UNB. “After getting information about the incident, we immediately protested and called a flag meeting. At the flag meeting, the BSF expressed its regret over the beating of the two Bangladeshi men and promised that such incidents would not happen again,” he said.