Tight security and patrolling continued on Thursday at the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura.
“We, the state police, TSR, and BSF are conducting joint patrolling based on the situation between the two countries. As Belonia is very close to the international border and is a sensitive area, we are continuing to patrol the area,” said a senior police officer.
He said that such patrols will be continued to increase the confidence of citizens.
Bangladesh’s main party BNP called for a march earlier this month to protest security breaches at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission complex in Agartala.
Tensions between Bangladesh and India have been on the rise since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in August this year, but particularly after the Indian tricolor was hoisted at a university in Bangladesh and arrested by Bangladeshi authorities. Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das has been accused of treason.
In protest against these incidents and the alleged atrocities against Hindu minorities under the administration of Bangladesh’s current chief adviser Mohammad Yunus, a series of protests took place in Agartala over the past few weeks, including the burning of an effigy of Yunus and security breaches at Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commissioner. Commission in Agartala and vandalism within it.
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