Indian Khasias intrude into Tamabil border

A tension prevailed on Tamabil and Sripur borders yesterday as a few dozen Indian Khasia backed by its Border Security Force (BSF) intruded into the Bangladesh territory and forcibly ploughed three hectares of land.
Border sources said at about 1:30pm some 30-40 Khasias with bows and arrows and 20 BSF men intruded 200 yards inside the zero line in between Tamabil and Sripur border outposts and started ploughing farmland at Naljuri.
On information, BDR men from the two border outposts rushed to the spot and asked them to leave the Bangladesh territory. The Indians denied leaving the place in between border pillar no 1279 and 1280.
Despite protests and the raising of red flags by BDR jawans, the intruders did not pay heed rather continued ploughing the land with their tractor till 5:00pm.
Major Abdullah Al Mamun, deputy commanding officer of 21 Battalion of BDR, confirmed the incident and said a protest letter in this regard would be sent immediately.
The BDR official said disturbance on the border people by the Khasias with the support of BSF men has become almost a regular affair on Jaintapur, Tamabil, Sripur and Padua borders for months.
Both the border guards were on alert, said local sources.