Bid in Akhaura stopped after flag meeting
Our Correspondent, Brahmanbaria
Raising of barbed wire fence on the no man's land along Akhaura border by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has been stopped following a flag meeting with BDR, held at Agartala BSF camp on Monday.The battalion commander level meeting also discussed killing of Bangladeshis by BSF and cross-border crimes including smuggling and trafficking. Bangladesh side was represented at the meeting by 7 Battalion Commanding Office Lt. Col. Syed Kamruzzaman. BSF had been trying to raise barbed wire fence at 21 points along the border, BDR source said. Another flag meeting at Deputy Director General level will be held on March 13-15, they said.
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