08-08-2004, 07:54 AM
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040802/asp/...ory_3572074.asp
Faceoff across Bangla border
Balurghat, Aug. 1: Villagers along the border at Samjia in the Kumarganj area of South Dinajpur have begun fleeing homes following a standoff between the BSF and Bangladesh Rifles.
BSF sources said the BDR, which had been inching into Indian territory over the past few nights, had been challenged. Their âadvanceâ has been temporarily halted.
But the Bangladesh force has apparently raised the number of troops in its camps heightening the tension. The deputy inspector-general of the BSFâs Malda range, .K. Biswas, said âtension has been brewingâ over a 4-km stretch on the border.
Faceoff across Bangla border
Balurghat, Aug. 1: Villagers along the border at Samjia in the Kumarganj area of South Dinajpur have begun fleeing homes following a standoff between the BSF and Bangladesh Rifles.
BSF sources said the BDR, which had been inching into Indian territory over the past few nights, had been challenged. Their âadvanceâ has been temporarily halted.
But the Bangladesh force has apparently raised the number of troops in its camps heightening the tension. The deputy inspector-general of the BSFâs Malda range, .K. Biswas, said âtension has been brewingâ over a 4-km stretch on the border.