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18th April 2001: BGB vs BSF

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Can you show me any UNBIASED source for this BS??

@Dillinger @fateh71 do you have any info??

This is what BBC had to say on 19 April 2001.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Fresh Bangladesh border clash

Heavy clashes have continued between Indian and Bangladeshi border guards a day after 18 soldiers were killed.

Describing the fighting as "very serious," India has called on Bangladesh to pull back its troops.

Thousands of villagers on both sides of the border have fled the fighting and sought refuge in temporary camps and mountain slopes.

The main fighting was along Bangladesh's northern border with India's Assam state, where two Bangladeshi soldiers and 16 Indian border guards died in clashes on Wednesday.

But fresh skirmishes were being reported from a disputed river island separating the state of Tripura from Bangladesh.

Officials in Bangladesh's Kurigram district said India's Border Security Force used mortars and heavy machineguns.

The Bangladesh side fired machineguns and other weapons.

But they denied Indian media reports that said Bangladesh had fired rockets, injuring nine Indian civilians.

Indian warning

In the Indian parliament, Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh said the priority was for Bangladesh to withdraw from territory it seized along the border.

"We have very clearly told the Bangladesh Government about our views that there should be an earliest restoration of the status quo," Mr Singh said.

Correspondents say fighting intensified on Thursday morning with both sides firing heavily at each other's positions.

"There was continuous firing overnight and people are terrified. At least three artillery mortar shells fired by Bangladesh soldiers fell in towns and villages close to the border," said district police chief AJ Baruah.

"Hundreds of women and children are moving out of their villages for fear of being caught in the crossfire."

A senior official of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) said there were scattered exchanges of fire overnight and Thursday morning but said there were no new reports of casualties.

However fresh troops had arrived from nearby districts, and from the capital Dhaka, 240 km (150 miles) away, and the neighbouring outpost had been put on high alert, he said.

Long-running dispute

The new clashes come amidst a tense stand-off at another border outpost in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya.

India says Bangladeshi troops have seized the border village of Pyrdiwah, near the town of Dauki, and are holding at least 20 soldiers hostage.

Areas of that particular stretch of border have been in dispute since Bangladesh independence in 1971. The ownership of villages on both sides of the border is claimed by both countries.

Pyrdiwah has been in the possession of India since 1971, although it is claimed by Bangladesh.

Commanders of the border forces of each side are now holding a meeting to resolve the crisis but correspondents say no progress has been made.

Skirmishes are relatively common between the two countries, which share a 4,000 km (2,480 mile) border, but the latest violence is especially serious.
 
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True death of BSF was not disclosed by any party, only BBC and some media's reported it

Do you know which country are you talking about??

India is not a closed country like China or NK.

If you are claiming a causality of Indian Soldiers on the scale greater than 100 without any retaliation from GOI/IA than in an Open Democracy like India you are calling for a REVOLT.

Thats why i said BS on the first place.

Either show me a neutral source or stop it.

These nos. were presented earlier in the BD section without any credible backing.

As always, you people are living in a self created DREAMLAND.


Oops @third eye @Dillinger as always RAWAMY dalals have bought BBC also to spread there EVIL propaganda.
 
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True death of BSF was not disclosed by any party, only BBC and some media's reported it

BBC report (18 April, 2001):
Bangladeshi officials say that two of their soldiers died and 16 Indian border guards were killed in the clash at a border outpost in Kurigram.

But India says the toll is much lower and that only five soldiers - three Indians and two Bangladeshis - have died.
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | India-Bangladesh border battle

CNN report (April 27, 2001):
The Indian military has accused Bangladesh of war crimes in a formal complaint following last week's border clash which left 16 Indian soldiers dead.
CNN.com - India accuses Bangladesh of war crimes - April 27, 2001
 
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thats interesting, well why they reported it that time 137 BSF died ? and later changed it, now it is making me liar :shout:

Everyone lies except for Bangladeshis, sigh..are we to depend on your memory..

are you referring to these figures

BSF killed 177 Bangladeshis and injured/abducted 334 of them

BDR killed 39 Indians and injured/abducted 89 of them.

These are civilian casualties over the year till 2001
 
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Everyone lies except for Bangladeshis, sigh..are we to depend on your memory..

are you referring to these figures



These are civilian casualties over the year till 2001

nop nop nop ..
 
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@Skull and Bones Dude @BDforever is not a liar nor out to intentionally besmirch us, we had a border clash in 2001 and he's reporting that, he got his figures wrong that's all. He's a good friend man and mostly cordial.
 
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