BSF rejects flag meeting amid high tension
Wed, Jun 16th, 2010 5:44 pm
Sylhet, June 16 (bdnews24.com)Indian border guards have rejected the request of their Bangladesh counterparts for a flag meeting over Tuesday's gunfight in Tamabil border in Sylhet that left at least one injured, fuelling tension.
Battalion commander Shekhar Gupta of Border Security Force-1 rejected three to four oral requests, 21 Rifles Battalion commander Lt Col Khandaker Zahirul Alam told bdnews24.com on Wednesday. Tension is running high in the border, he added.
The Bangladesh Rifles headquarters will be notified about the issue, he said.
The BDR had been requesting a flag meeting since Tuesday night shortly after the two forces traded some 2000 rounds in a gunfight at Tamabil border at Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet.
According to BDR, a Bangladeshi, Abdul Jalil, 35, was injured in the gunfight and was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
Locals, however, said three persons, including Jalil, had received bullet injuries.
Of two others, one was identified as Khokon Miah while the other's name could not have been ascertained immediately.
Both were admitted to Jaintapur Upazila Health Complex.
21 Rifles Battalion commander Alam said on Tuesday some 50-60 people from the Khasia community had entered some 300 yards into Bangladesh territory at Naljuri of Sripur border at around 11:30am to cultivate lands.
"We obstructed them but they defied us and were continuing with their farming," he said.
He said they had hoisted red flag at the time.
The BSF had opened fires from Indian territory and BDR retaliated, the official said.
The gunfire had continued for one hour from 12 noon.
The BDR commander said the Khasia people had also entered into the Bangladesh territory on Monday with the help of BSF and cultivated land with tractor.
BDR had protested it but they had not taken it into account, he added.
BSF rejects flag meeting amid high tension | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
Wed, Jun 16th, 2010 5:44 pm
Sylhet, June 16 (bdnews24.com)Indian border guards have rejected the request of their Bangladesh counterparts for a flag meeting over Tuesday's gunfight in Tamabil border in Sylhet that left at least one injured, fuelling tension.
Battalion commander Shekhar Gupta of Border Security Force-1 rejected three to four oral requests, 21 Rifles Battalion commander Lt Col Khandaker Zahirul Alam told bdnews24.com on Wednesday. Tension is running high in the border, he added.
The Bangladesh Rifles headquarters will be notified about the issue, he said.
The BDR had been requesting a flag meeting since Tuesday night shortly after the two forces traded some 2000 rounds in a gunfight at Tamabil border at Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet.
According to BDR, a Bangladeshi, Abdul Jalil, 35, was injured in the gunfight and was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
Locals, however, said three persons, including Jalil, had received bullet injuries.
Of two others, one was identified as Khokon Miah while the other's name could not have been ascertained immediately.
Both were admitted to Jaintapur Upazila Health Complex.
21 Rifles Battalion commander Alam said on Tuesday some 50-60 people from the Khasia community had entered some 300 yards into Bangladesh territory at Naljuri of Sripur border at around 11:30am to cultivate lands.
"We obstructed them but they defied us and were continuing with their farming," he said.
He said they had hoisted red flag at the time.
The BSF had opened fires from Indian territory and BDR retaliated, the official said.
The gunfire had continued for one hour from 12 noon.
The BDR commander said the Khasia people had also entered into the Bangladesh territory on Monday with the help of BSF and cultivated land with tractor.
BDR had protested it but they had not taken it into account, he added.
BSF rejects flag meeting amid high tension | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
anyway..its the best way..lots of causalities can be avoided..so smugglers from Bangladesh can be termed as BDF smuggler nexus huh??
And still there is no trace of Hassina. 
