NEW DELHI: The Border Security Forces of India and Bangladesh have decided to make concerted efforts to reduce border fatalities during a meeting on Saturday. In the meantime, the BSF has said that firing on its part is only when the situation becomes "bad" and the lives of its jawans are in jeopardy.
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A top BSF official said, the 48th biennial talks of Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) were held in Dhaka. It also called for enhanced cooperation to better curb crime, cattle and drug trafficking along the 4,096-km border of the two countries.
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BSF chief Rajinikanth Mishra said during the talks that in the past few months, one soldier was killed in attacks by miscreants and criminals while 39 were "seriously injured". Bangladesh expressed concern over its people being killed by the BSF at the border, while the Indian security forces maintained that its target was to prevent crime and to prevent any civilian casualties as far as possible.