RAJSHAHI: A Battalion Commander level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India was held on Saturday discussing ways and means on how to stop drug trafficking especially Phensidyle and illegal intrusion of people crossing the borderline, reports BSS.
The three-hour long meeting held at Indian Atrashia BSF camp opposite to BGB’s Bakchar frontline under Bagha of the district. An 18-member BGB team headed by 1 BGB Battalion Commander Lt Col Shah Jahan Siraj and the 18-member Indian BSF team headed by 4 BSF Battalion Commandant RD Dogra attended the meeting. The staff officers and company camp commanders of both sides were also present at the meeting.
During the meeting, both sides agreed to solve the existing border problems between the two countries. They also stressed the need for checking smuggling, women-children trafficking and illegal entering from both the countries.
BGB Commanding Officer Shah Jahan Siraj told the journalists that the meeting was held in a congenial atmosphere where bilateral issues of both the
countries were discussed. Controlling of drug peddling and stoppage of killing at the border got top priorities at the discussion. The discussion was held about stopping killing of Bangladeshi nationals at the border, stoppage of physical torture on Bangladeshis by BSF, checking of smuggling and drug trafficking, illegal trespassing and other bilateral border related issues in an amicable environment.
In the meeting, BSF and BGB have jointly agreed to stop smuggling at the frontier at all costs. The meeting further decided that if any unwarranted problem evolves at the frontier, battalion commanders of both the countries will discuss the issue and solve that as soon as possible.