BDR warning stops BSF work on Padua border

[arya-is-here]

That was your Indian terrorism. And i already said now our common enemy is India so irrespective of our past differences we are with BD in fight against Indian terrorism.

just for you so that you can see the fact

 

[Ganga]

BD is already burdened with 1 million poor Indians. Please take well care of your citizens. Otherwise, they will keep coming to our booming country.

Biggest joke of the day.Thanks for bringing a smile on my face.

 

[idune]

Retaliatory intrusion led to BSF deaths

24 April 2001
By Siddharth Varadarajan and Manoj Joshi
The Times of India News Service

NEW DELHI: External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh appears to have
misled Parliament Monday when he said the 16 BSF men killed by the
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at Boraibari last week had gone on
``aggressive patrolling'' in order to deter fresh incursions from the
Bangla side.

The Times of India has been able to establish that the men were actually part of a retaliatory force consisting of four BSF companies that was sent into Bangladesh-controlled territory on an ill-conceived and highly risky mission with no clear mandate. The operation, according to BSF sources, had been cleared ``at the highest political level'' in New Delhi.

Conceived in haste as an act of retaliation for the BDR's continuing
occupation of Pyrdiwah on the Indo-Bangladesh border which began
two nights earlier, the mission aim was to take over the BDR's border
observation post (BOP) at Boraibari/Ruimari. And destroy houses there to avenge the BDR's destruction of Khasi dwellings at Pyrdiwah.

Senior BSF officials visiting the border later were struck by how
inappropriate the terrain was for an operation of this kind. The BDR post was in the middle of a flooded paddy field; and Ruimari was a large, spread-out village. One officer estimates its population at about 5,000 inhabitants. Considering that the people there were hostile -- they are Bangladeshis living on land that India claims as its own -- the plan to burn their huts seemed especially foolhardy.

The operation began late night April 17 when about 240 men went
across. An alert sentry spotted some movement near the BDR post
around 4 am April 18 and sounded the alarm. The men who had
surrounded the post were sitting ducks.

Villagers enraged by the fact thatone of the BSF companies had managed to set some huts on fire, rantowards the remaining BSF men with dhaos. ``They were being fired
upon so they were pinned down and couldn't flee'', said a BSF official.
And the fact that they were lying in water and mud meant their guns
jammed.

Once reports of the disaster at Boraibari reached Delhi, the Vajpayee
government became paralysed. BDR chief Maj Gen Fazlur Rahman
announced in Dhaka on April 18 that 300 BSF men had attacked
Ruimari/Boraibari and that 16 Indian and two Bangladeshi soldiers had
been killed.

Though Union home secretary Kamal Pande was quoted by
PTI the same day as saying 16 jawans had been killed, the home
ministry refused formally to comment. BSF brass would only say that
18 men were missing. The external affairs ministry referred all inquiries to home.

It was only on April 19 that the cabinet committee on security met. Earlier in the day, Jaswant Singh told agitated Rajya Sabha MPs that though the border situation was ``worrying'', the government was ``fully seized of it''. But he offered no details of how the BSF men had been killed. It was finally on April 23 - nearly one week after the 16 BSF jawans made the ultimate sacrifice - that Singh finally gave an explanation. But it was a misleading one.

There was then little glory when the remains of two BSF jawans were
buried and 13 consigned to the flames near Tura in Meghalaya on April
21. Unlike Kargil, the government saw no purchase in sending the
remains to their hometowns or bringing their kin to participate in the last rites. There were no ministers and politicians nor excited crowds. The only witnesses were a clutch of top brass including BSF chief
Gurbachan Jagat and some despondent BSF jawans.

The crisis over, the government patted itself on the back. But while theends of statecraft may have been served, the truth about why the 16 soldiers died still needs to be told.

Reality, one bite at a time: Retaliatory intrusion led to BSF deaths

 

[Ganga]

Retaliatory intrusion led to BSF deaths

24 April 2001
By Siddharth Varadarajan and Manoj Joshi
The Times of India News Service

NEW DELHI: External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh appears to have
misled Parliament Monday when he said the 16 BSF men killed by the
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at Boraibari last week had gone on
``aggressive patrolling'' in order to deter fresh incursions from the
Bangla side.

The Times of India has been able to establish that the men were actually part of a retaliatory force consisting of four BSF companies that was sent into Bangladesh-controlled territory on an ill-conceived and highly risky mission with no clear mandate. The operation, according to BSF sources, had been cleared ``at the highest political level'' in New Delhi.

Conceived in haste as an act of retaliation for the BDR's continuing
occupation of Pyrdiwah on the Indo-Bangladesh border which began
two nights earlier, the mission aim was to take over the BDR's border
observation post (BOP) at Boraibari/Ruimari. And destroy houses there to avenge the BDR's destruction of Khasi dwellings at Pyrdiwah.

Senior BSF officials visiting the border later were struck by how
inappropriate the terrain was for an operation of this kind. The BDR post was in the middle of a flooded paddy field; and Ruimari was a large, spread-out village. One officer estimates its population at about 5,000 inhabitants. Considering that the people there were hostile -- they are Bangladeshis living on land that India claims as its own -- the plan to burn their huts seemed especially foolhardy.

The operation began late night April 17 when about 240 men went
across. An alert sentry spotted some movement near the BDR post
around 4 am April 18 and sounded the alarm. The men who had
surrounded the post were sitting ducks.

Villagers enraged by the fact thatone of the BSF companies had managed to set some huts on fire, rantowards the remaining BSF men with dhaos. ``They were being fired
upon so they were pinned down and couldn't flee'', said a BSF official.
And the fact that they were lying in water and mud meant their guns
jammed.

Once reports of the disaster at Boraibari reached Delhi, the Vajpayee
government became paralysed. BDR chief Maj Gen Fazlur Rahman
announced in Dhaka on April 18 that 300 BSF men had attacked
Ruimari/Boraibari and that 16 Indian and two Bangladeshi soldiers had
been killed.

Though Union home secretary Kamal Pande was quoted by
PTI the same day as saying 16 jawans had been killed, the home
ministry refused formally to comment. BSF brass would only say that
18 men were missing. The external affairs ministry referred all inquiries to home.

It was only on April 19 that the cabinet committee on security met. Earlier in the day, Jaswant Singh told agitated Rajya Sabha MPs that though the border situation was ``worrying'', the government was ``fully seized of it''. But he offered no details of how the BSF men had been killed. It was finally on April 23 - nearly one week after the 16 BSF jawans made the ultimate sacrifice - that Singh finally gave an explanation. But it was a misleading one.

There was then little glory when the remains of two BSF jawans were
buried and 13 consigned to the flames near Tura in Meghalaya on April
21. Unlike Kargil, the government saw no purchase in sending the
remains to their hometowns or bringing their kin to participate in the last rites. There were no ministers and politicians nor excited crowds. The only witnesses were a clutch of top brass including BSF chief
Gurbachan Jagat and some despondent BSF jawans.

The crisis over, the government patted itself on the back. But while theends of statecraft may have been served, the truth about why the 16 soldiers died still needs to be told.

Reality, one bite at a time: Retaliatory intrusion led to BSF deaths

Can u guys just stop bringing up this old incident again and again.U guys seem to believe that this incident shows BSF is weak force and the BDR the best in the world.

 

[eastwatch]

YouTube - 1971 Bangladesh Freedom fight

YouTube - Muktijoddha fight against pakistani army

YouTube - 1971,Bangladesh Liberation War

No one denies the tie-up between BD and India in 1971. But, it does not mean India will have a free meal after that. We cannot allow the BSF to enter our land to steal fish and kill our innocent civilians.

 

[idune]

Can u guys just stop bringing up this old incident again and again.U guys seem to believe that this incident shows BSF is weak force and the BDR the best in the world.

Did you not see irrelevant video was posted by indians in this thread??
Before lecturing some one get your act togather.

Second, Weak or strong is not the question here. BSF is terrorist force period.

 

[arya-is-here]

No one denies the tie-up between BD and India in 1971. But, it does not mean India will have a free meal after that. We cannot allow the BSF to enter our land to steal fish and kill our innocent civilians.

we never support any thing like that do you have any idea how many bd peoples are living here in India for food and good future

BD future is in your hands do you want to give again pakistan as ur master

do you know how hardly you got freedom from them

 

[Ganga]

The sight of women and children causes BSF to jump the guns, the sound of Maoists runs a chill through their spine, and the sight of Maoists causes BSF to sh*t in their pants.

They need all the prayers they can get.

Dont comment if u dont know things.The BSF is not involved in anti maoist operations.The CRPF is.

 

[Ganga]

No one denies the tie-up between BD and India in 1971. But, it does not mean India will have a free meal after that. We cannot allow the BSF to enter our land to steal fish and kill our innocent civilians.

Why dont u join the worlds best paramilitary the BDR to protect bangladeshi fish and people from the BSF.Actions speak more than words.

 

[psychedelic_renegade]

Retaliatory intrusion led to BSF deaths

24 April 2001
By Siddharth Varadarajan and Manoj Joshi
The Times of India News Service

NEW DELHI: External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh appears to have
misled Parliament Monday when he said the 16 BSF men killed by the
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at Boraibari last week had gone on
``aggressive patrolling'' in order to deter fresh incursions from the
Bangla side.

The Times of India has been able to establish that the men were actually part of a retaliatory force consisting of four BSF companies that was sent into Bangladesh-controlled territory on an ill-conceived and highly risky mission with no clear mandate. The operation, according to BSF sources, had been cleared ``at the highest political level'' in New Delhi.

Conceived in haste as an act of retaliation for the BDR's continuing
occupation of Pyrdiwah on the Indo-Bangladesh border which began
two nights earlier, the mission aim was to take over the BDR's border
observation post (BOP) at Boraibari/Ruimari. And destroy houses there to avenge the BDR's destruction of Khasi dwellings at Pyrdiwah.

Senior BSF officials visiting the border later were struck by how
inappropriate the terrain was for an operation of this kind. The BDR post was in the middle of a flooded paddy field; and Ruimari was a large, spread-out village. One officer estimates its population at about 5,000 inhabitants. Considering that the people there were hostile -- they are Bangladeshis living on land that India claims as its own -- the plan to burn their huts seemed especially foolhardy.

The operation began late night April 17 when about 240 men went
across. An alert sentry spotted some movement near the BDR post
around 4 am April 18 and sounded the alarm. The men who had
surrounded the post were sitting ducks.

Villagers enraged by the fact thatone of the BSF companies had managed to set some huts on fire, rantowards the remaining BSF men with dhaos. ``They were being fired
upon so they were pinned down and couldn't flee'', said a BSF official.
And the fact that they were lying in water and mud meant their guns
jammed.

Once reports of the disaster at Boraibari reached Delhi, the Vajpayee
government became paralysed. BDR chief Maj Gen Fazlur Rahman
announced in Dhaka on April 18 that 300 BSF men had attacked
Ruimari/Boraibari and that 16 Indian and two Bangladeshi soldiers had
been killed.

Though Union home secretary Kamal Pande was quoted by
PTI the same day as saying 16 jawans had been killed, the home
ministry refused formally to comment. BSF brass would only say that
18 men were missing. The external affairs ministry referred all inquiries to home.

It was only on April 19 that the cabinet committee on security met. Earlier in the day, Jaswant Singh told agitated Rajya Sabha MPs that though the border situation was ``worrying'', the government was ``fully seized of it''. But he offered no details of how the BSF men had been killed. It was finally on April 23 - nearly one week after the 16 BSF jawans made the ultimate sacrifice - that Singh finally gave an explanation. But it was a misleading one.

There was then little glory when the remains of two BSF jawans were
buried and 13 consigned to the flames near Tura in Meghalaya on April
21. Unlike Kargil, the government saw no purchase in sending the
remains to their hometowns or bringing their kin to participate in the last rites. There were no ministers and politicians nor excited crowds. The only witnesses were a clutch of top brass including BSF chief
Gurbachan Jagat and some despondent BSF jawans.

The crisis over, the government patted itself on the back. But while theends of statecraft may have been served, the truth about why the 16 soldiers died still needs to be told.

Reality, one bite at a time: Retaliatory intrusion led to BSF deaths

Please stop posting blogs as news article.

 

[Neither Right Nor Wrong]

No one denies the tie-up between BD and India in 1971. But, it does not mean India will have a free meal after that. We cannot allow the BSF to enter our land to steal fish and kill our innocent civilians.

Then do you support Indo-Bangladesh border fencing??

 

[eastwatch]

Then do you support Indo-Bangladesh border fencing??

I very much support it, because a border fencing will be preceded by the clear demarcation of border line. It is India's own money that will be used to put fence, so we do not have to worry about it. A fence will stop terrorists from going to and coming from India. It will also stop illegals coming to BD from your NE.

 

[eastwatch]

Please stop posting blogs as news article.

Teach us the definitions of your blog and news article. Whatever it is, this news article says what I have been telling all along that it was Indian intusion into our land. And only 13 BDR troops fought the hell out of your heroic 400 BSF troops.

Whatever the newspapers, GoB and GoI say, the actual Indian causuality was 97 deaths in that misadventure. So, you can expect similar things in the future, now that our BDR has almost come back to its original form long after the India-orchestrated Pilkhana revolt.

Also, do not take lightly our population in the border. If arms are provided to them, they do not need even BDR. They can fight against your BSF. We know how to fight. It is in our blood. However, GoB is not ready to give them arms.

 

[eastwatch]

Why dont u join the worlds best paramilitary the BDR to protect bangladeshi fish and people from the BSF.Actions speak more than words.

Pilkhana was orchestrated by India only to paralyze the border defence organization. Now, it is being re-vitalized. BDR will show its true face again, just wait for that. But, you may rest assured that since we are alert now, India will fail to organize another revolt. Pilkhana did not work as India had intended it to be.

 

[psychedelic_renegade]

Teach us the definitions of your blog and news article.

It's a blogspot entry, nowhere the source has been given which it claims to be The Times of India.