Troops to fire if threatened along border: BSF DG

[Shardul.....the lion]

New Delhi: Noting that the BSF is being exercising maximum restraint along the Indo-Bangla border, the chief of the force on Thursday warned that his troops will fire if criminals dare them.

"If despite their (BSF personnel) efforts (of exercising restraint) they get into a situation where they are threatened and their life is in danger, then they will use the force available with them to save their lives or the lives of their companions. That means they will fire," BSF Director General Utthan K Bansal said in an interview here.

The BSF chief, however, made it clear that firing will be the last resort and that the force has put in a number of measures to avert any casualty.


"They (BSF personnel) will fire with the available weapon...it may be a non-lethal weapon, it may be a lethal weapon...every patrol company will have both the weapons but if a person is under attack and he is holding a rifle he will fire from his rifle.

"Even that firing he will do as far as possible with an intent not to kill but if the casualty occurs...we will have to tolerate it as an inescapable alternative," the DG said.

The issue is expected to be deliberated in the meeting between Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and his Bangladeshi counterpart Shahara Khatun, who is beginning her three-day visit to India from today.


"It gives me no pleasure in killing any civilians. We have the best of relations with Bangladesh. We want to improve those relations...but we certainly cannot sacrifice the lives of our officers and men and we also have to complete our mandate which is border guarding and, therefore, we are trying to strike a difficult balance between completing our task with as little force as possible," Bansal said.

Troops to fire if threatened along border: BSF DG

 

[shiv]

it's pure logic...

 

[kobiraaz]

last night was listening to a talk show... ex bnp water resource minister openly said 'we want our BGB to fire back '... eagerly waiting for next election.....

 

[EastWest]

last night was listening to a talk show... ex bnp water resource minister openly said 'we want our BGB to fire back '... eagerly waiting for next election.....

plz do that..then we will finish the jamaatis once and for all

 

[rama]

rnt they doing it already???

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

plz do that..then we will finish the jamaatis once and for all

LOL the bartis seems to be brain dead. Ex BNP minister said one thing n these shameless bhartis has brought jammat into it. These bhartis may be seeing jammat even inside their bed. What a joke...

 

[kobiraaz]

plz do that..then we will finish the jamaatis once and for all

I agree india is a super power if their tongue is included in the inventory list!

 

[eastwatch]

Why suddenly BSF need excuses to fire and kill innocent civilians. They have been doing it for decades.

 

[Kesang]

Innocent citizen???

Jumping fences of International border is called crime and people who do crime is called criminal not Innocent citizen but what can we do if bangladeshi don't think that jumping fences is crime?

 

[Ammyy]

Why suddenly BSF need excuses to fire and kill innocent civilians. They have been doing it for decades.

Ok now its official. On paper ..

 

[ebr77]

plz do that..then we will finish the jamaatis once and for all

I don't give a **** about jamaitis- oh i forgot you are one of those jerks who loves to bring Islamic terrorism in everything, wake up, ..but i do know for a fact that BSF is like a trigger happy ***..... and our BGB is more professional and rational. When the time will come, you will see brother, no offense but remember .....Padua.

 

[ebr77]

Among the 4 thousand Kilometer(approx.) border merely a thousand KM are fenced, the rest are you know what-- think of a populated village where a line has been drawn and people has been told, this side is India and this side is Bangladesh. Even people from both side in many places wake up every morning and cross the international line because their ancestral farm land is on the other side. Seriously you guys don't know much, don't trust too much of media. Both the Govt. need to work more closely to sort it out , like border bazaar where these goods can be sold.
just to add- people from India also 'jums's fence'- and BGB if they want, can shoot, so don't be such a big mouth.A conflict is not good for anyone.

 

[Luffy 500]

Our old BDR was good enough to make the BSF terrorist piss in their pants. Waiting for those good old days. Inshallah that day
will come with the ouster of this dalal awami gov.

 

[LaBong]

Bdr was also rather good at killing their own officers and dumping their bodies in manholes, hope those good old days will be back.

 

[lynx]

Among the 4 thousand Kilometer(approx.) border merely a thousand KM are fenced, the rest are you know what-- think of a populated village where a line has been drawn and people has been told, this side is India and this side is Bangladesh. Even people from both side in many places wake up every morning and cross the international line because their ancestral farm land is on the other side. Seriously you guys don't know much, don't trust too much of media. Both the Govt. need to work more closely to sort it out , like border bazaar where these goods can be sold.
just to add- people from India also 'jums's fence'- and BGB if they want, can shoot, so don't be such a big mouth.A conflict is not good for anyone.

You are free to shot any Indian if they trespasses into BD.