BGB-BSF flag meeting held over fence construction at Chouka Border

A flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Border Security Force (BSF) of India was held centred around the construction of a barbed wire fence at the Chouka border in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday. 

A decision for keeping the barbed wire-fencing and constructing road along Shibganj frontier in the district suspended has been taken in the flag meeting.

Commanding Officer (CO) of 59 Battalion of the BGB Lieutenant Colonel Md. Golam Kibria confirmed. 

"It was a cordial discussion between the officials of both the countries," he said, adding that further decisions would be taken later by the high officials of the two countries.

"Members of Sabdalpur BSF camp in Gopalganj thana of Malda district in India started constructing a road and making a fence of barbed wire along the border last Sunday morning, but after the BGB intervention, they stopped the work. The situation is now calm. Additional BGB members have been deployed at the border," the CO remarked.

He assured that there is no reason for the general public to be afraid.