Bangladesh border guards, BSF accuse each other of push-in attempts

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• 10 ‘disowned people’ stuck on Bangladesh border BGB, the border patrolling force of Bangladesh, claimed on Friday that India’s BSF “made multiple attempts to push in people into Bangladeshi territory in the early hours of Thursday and Friday”.In an official statement, Border Guard Bangladesh further pointed out to alleged incidents near their areas such as Lalmonirhat and Panchagarh (both close to Bengal’s Cooch Behar district), Naogaon (near South Dinajpur and Malda districts) and Chapainawabganj (near Malda and Murshidabad districts) in the last 24 hours and said that “over 70” people were stopped at the zero-line or the no-man’s land near the border.
• “They are currently stranded there,” said Lt Col Mehedi Imam, commanding officer of BGB’s 15 Lalmonirhat battalion.TOI contacted at least three public relation officers of BSF for a response to these specific BGB allegations, with no reply so far.This came even as BSF on Friday said they have...