Majhdia, Jan. 25: Border Security Force (BSF) has raised concerns about border security after discovering three underground bunkers in Nadia’s Majhdia, less than two kilometers inside Indian territory along the porous Indo-Bangladesh border. A fourth, incomplete bunker was also found nearby. The discovery comes amid heightened tensions in Bangladesh following…
Majhdia, Jan. 24: In a significant crackdown on smuggling along the Indo-Bangladesh border, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday conducted a raid in the Naghata area of Nadia’s Krishnaganj, uncovering three underground bunkers packed with Phensedyl, a banned cough syrup that is widely abused as an addictive substance. The…
Ranaghat, Aug. 6: The Border Security Force (BSF) has appealed to the state government to discourage farmers from cultivating tall crops—such as jute, mustard, and bananas—in areas beyond the border fencing. These crops obstruct the visibility of patrolling personnel, posing security risks. Strategically, the BSF maintains a prohibition on plants…
Krishnaganj, Dec. 17: Two smugglers from Bangladesh were killed in Govindapur village of Nadia’s Krishnaganj located along the international border when BSF personnel allegedly opened fire to thwart a cattle smuggling attempt during the early hours of Sunday morning. BSF sources said that the miscreants, who were at least twenty…
Gede, Nov. 3: Border Security Force (BSF) has begun installing beehives to the smart fencing erected along the Indo-Bangladesh border in an attempt to combat the smuggling of cattle while at the same time helping the local villagers to generate livelihood. The installation of the beehives is part of an…
Karimpur, Feb. 28: To make the educated unemployed youths proficient and skillful enough for various competitive examinations, the BSF authorities have set up a ‘library-cum-multi facility training centre’ at the Bousmari border outpost under 141 Battalion in Nadia close to the Indo-Bangladesh border. The training centre – ‘Azad Granthagar’ –…
Krishnaganj, Feb. 23: Kitab Sing, 60, a BSF Inspector attached to the 54-Battalion and posted in Nadia’s Tungi’s border outpost was arrested on Wednesday night allegedly for raping a 34-year-old lady constable. The alleged rape occurred on the night of February 18 (Saturday). The accused officer had summoned the on-duty…
Gede/Kolkata, Feb 21: An Inspector attached to the BSF’s 54-Battalion deployed in Nadia’s Krishnaganj has been accused of raping an on-duty lady constable outside a border outpost in Tungi village close to Indo-Bangladesh on Saturday night. This is the first occasion a lady personnel has been raped by her superior…
Basirhat/Kolkata: Border Security Force for the first time has deployed a platoon of women commandos for surveillance on the difficult riverine terrain of the Indo-Bangla border in the Sundarbans delta spanned over the North 24 Parganas district providing them with a dedicated floating Border outpost (BOP) that is equipped with…
Krishnanagar, Oct. 11: A patrolling team of Border Security Force (BSF) attached to the 82-Battalion rescued nine exotic birds while being smuggled to India from Bangladesh through a porous point of the Indo-Bangladesh border in Nadia’s Hridaypur on Monday night. The rescued birds include 4 Toucans, 4 Black Cactus wrens, and…