Today morning at around 11:45 am, the situation became tense due to a minor altercation between Indian and Bangladeshi farmers on the India-Bangladesh international border of 119th Battalion’s border outpost Sukhdevpur. This incident happened when some Indian farmers, like on normal days, had gone ahead for the purpose of working in the fields near their international border.
During this time, Indian farmers accused Bangladeshi farmers working in the fields across the border of stealing the crop, due to which an arguement started between the farmers of both the countries. The incident took a serious turn when farmers from both sides started gathering in large numbers and started abusing and pelting stones at each other. Due to a large unfenced area, Indian farmers did not face any obstruction in moving forward.
As soon as the incident was reported, BSF and BGB jawans reached the spot and brought the situation under control by dispersing the farmers of their respective countries and sent them back. The ruckus continued for some time but there is no report of anyone being injured in this incident.
BSF advised Indian farmers to stay away from such disputes on the border and asked them to inform BSF in case of any problem related to farming on the border in future. BGB also played a positive role in controlling the situation and immediately took necessary action in its area to prevent the situation from worsening.
In this regard, the BSF and BGB unit commandants of the concerned area are also trying to establish better coordination among themselves. The Indian farmers have been completely pushed back, but the presence of some Bangladeshi nationals was observed within 50-75 meters of the international border to Bangladesh till late afternoon and they were continuously seen trying to dislodge by BGB.
The situation on the border is now completely normal and under control.
