Indian tribesmen continue incursion into Bangladesh
The Khasias entered Bangladesh without paying heed to protest from BDR who warned them not to trespass and plough land inside Bangladesh territory.
July 2: Indian Khashia's continued tilling cropland inside Bangladesh backed by BSF with heavy arms at Shreepur near Jaintapur border in Sylhet with reinforced manpower for the ninth consecutive day today.(The Independent)
Sources in the Bangladesh Rifles said that the Indian Khasia tribesmen started tilling cropland today at Alubagan, some 300 metres inside the Bangladesh territory near the Shreepur BDR outpost, as well as at Minartila and Kathalbari in the area where the BSF men backed them with heavy arms.
Three groups of Indian Khasia tribesmen, entered Alubagan, Minartila and Kathalbari in Shreepur area inside Bangladesh territory today. The Indian peasants were armed with bows and arrows as well as firearms, local sources said.
The Khasias entered Bangladesh without paying heed to protest from BDR who warned them not to trespass and plough land inside Bangladesh territory.
Local people claimed that the Indians were working on the cropland inside Bangladesh over the day. 'We warned the Indian nationals several times by blowing whistles and hanging flags, but they did not pay heed to our repeated protests,' a BDR official at Minartila checkpoint under Shreepur outpost, said.
The 21 Rifles Battalion commandant officer lieutenant colonel Khandakar Zahirul Alam told The Independent this afternoon that he had talked several times to officers of the Indian border security force over the issue. 'But the BSF officials said they had no mandate to ask their countrymen to stop tilling their own land,' Zahirul Alam said, adding that the higher authorities of the Bangladesh border guards were aware of the border situation.
Sources in the Bangladesh Rifles said that the Indian Khasia tribesmen started tilling cropland today at Alubagan, some 300 metres inside the Bangladesh territory near the Shreepur BDR outpost, as well as at Minartila and Kathalbari in the area where the BSF men backed them with heavy arms.
Three groups of Indian Khasia tribesmen, entered Alubagan, Minartila and Kathalbari in Shreepur area inside Bangladesh territory today. The Indian peasants were armed with bows and arrows as well as firearms, local sources said.
The Khasias entered Bangladesh without paying heed to protest from BDR who warned them not to trespass and plough land inside Bangladesh territory.
Local people claimed that the Indians were working on the cropland inside Bangladesh over the day. 'We warned the Indian nationals several times by blowing whistles and hanging flags, but they did not pay heed to our repeated protests,' a BDR official at Minartila checkpoint under Shreepur outpost, said.
The 21 Rifles Battalion commandant officer lieutenant colonel Khandakar Zahirul Alam told The Independent this afternoon that he had talked several times to officers of the Indian border security force over the issue. 'But the BSF officials said they had no mandate to ask their countrymen to stop tilling their own land,' Zahirul Alam said, adding that the higher authorities of the Bangladesh border guards were aware of the border situation.
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