(District–North 24 Parganas)
The BSF deployed on the India-Bangladesh border is not only guarding the international border but also organizes awareness programs from time to time to curb the crimes and misdeeds happening on the border. In this connection, on July 19, 2023, from 0955 hrs to 1050 hrs, Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Border Outpost Hakimpur, 112 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier and ‘You Can Free Us India’ NGO organized an awareness program related to prevention of human trafficking and other crimes near Hakimpur bus stand at village Hakimpur.
In this awareness programme, the Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of BSF informed the villagers on topics like human trafficking, child marriage, child abuse, child labour, gender discrimination, misuse of Social Media and importance of education etc. About 55 villagers participated in the awareness programme.
The villagers expressed their gratitude to BSF for organizing this program and urged the jawans to organize such awareness programs in future also.
The Commanding Officer of 112 Battalion stated that such programs are organized from time to time to build better relations between the border population and BSF. He also added that there is a need to give good education to the children to make them good citizens.
