Tension on Border: Flag meeting brings no solution
BSF removes one bunker
Tensions remained on the Gojukata border of Sylhet after Indian Border Security Force (BSF) set up bunkers in no-man's land.
Even after a flag meeting between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the BSF on Tuesday afternoon, no concrete decision was reached until last night, said BGB sources.
Meanwhile,
the BSF removed one of three bunkers yesterday, but the issue regarding the reconstruction of a centuries-old mosque on the Bangladeshi side at the edge of the border remains unresolved, said Lt Col Shah Alam Siddiqui, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-52.
He also said
BGB members continue to remain deployed in the area.
Earlier, Lt Col Siddiqui said the BSF on Monday morning stopped the reconstruction of the mosque. "The BSF stopped the reconstruction work entering Bangladesh territory and then unlawfully set-up bunkers 150 metres inside the no-man's land," he said.
He also said the BSF act was prohibited as per an accord signed in 1975.
Additional BGB members were deployed the next morning.
The BGB-BSF flag meeting was held at Sutarkandi in the upazila. The Indian side was led by BSF Battalion-7 commander Lt Col BS Minhaj while the BGB team was led by Lt Col Siddiqui.
The mosque is inside Bangladesh territory but right beside the border. The need for its reconstruction was evident, said Abdul Salam, chairman of Dubag union in the upazila.
"At a flag meeting last year, the matter was discussed and the then BSF commanding officer cleared way for the construction and it was progressing normally. But as the CO has been transferred, the new CO stopped the construction work," he said.
The locals of the bordering area are safe, added the chairman.
Tensions remained on the Gojukata border of Sylhet after Indian Border Security Force (BSF) set up bunkers in no-man’s land.
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