Bangladesh to set up 40 new outposts on India border

FE Team | Published: June 23, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

AGARTALA, June 22: Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have agreed to construct at least 40 new border outposts (BOPs) facing Tripura and Mizoram along the India-Bangladesh border to check militant activities and trafficking, a BSF official said here on Monday, according to online IANS Monday.
"BGB officials informed us on the proposed construction of least 40 new BOPs along the India-Bangladesh frontier facing Tripura and Mizoram," Border Security Force's (BSF) Tripura Frontier Inspector General Bhola Nath Sharma told the news service.
The proposed BOPs in the mountainous Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) will help in containing terrorism in the northeastern states since most camps of Indian insurgent groups, including Tripura militant outfits, are located in southeast Bangladesh's CHT, he pointed out.
During a meeting of BSF and BGB officials in Meghalaya capital Shillong on June 8-11, apart from strategies to further reinforce security along the border, other cross-border problems too were discussed.
Sharma, also present in the Shillong meeting, said: "Since roads along the hilly Bangladeshi frontiers are absent or in poor shape, BGB officials sought permission to use Indian roads for setting up these new BOPs in the CHT. BSF officials assured the BGB of full cooperation."
The BSF official said that during the meeting, increasing border security was stressed on to curb cross-border crimes and movement of terrorists belonging to northeast groups.
"Both sides agreed to increase vigil along the border areas to foil attempt by militants and other anti-national elements to disrupt internal peace. Besides, emphasis was also given to curb trans-border smuggling," the BSF officer said.
Meanwhile, district magistrates of Tripura's four border districts and deputy commissioners of four Bangladesh border districts are likely to meet in Chittagong in Bangladesh on June 24.
The officials would discuss and finalise strategies to deal with border crimes, border fencing and better border management, besides issues relating to terrorism.