Statesman News Service
MALDA, March. 6. – BSF officials in Malda through their intelligence sources have information that a Bangladesh based newspapers recently published a story mentioning that Bangladesh has “reclaimed” 400 acres, including some portion of the Punarbhaba River, form India’s possession.
They added that this land had been in India’s possession since last 59 years.
Quoting locals and officials of Bangladesh Rifles, The New Nation, a Bangladesh based newspapers reported: " The strip of land was reclaimed on the basis of a border-demarcation survey conducted by the survey departments of the two countries which concluded late last month".
It was also reported that according to the decision between the two neighbouring countries, surveyor Shaheen Azad and Biswanath on behalf of Bangladesh and India respectively conducted the survey from January 5 to February 16 on the disputed land stretching from Pillar no. 240 to 244.
" During the survey, it became clear that India had been occupying the 400 acres of land of Bangladesh," said a BDR official, in The New Nation, adding "after the survey, commander of BDR Adatola BOP, Abdul Quddus requested BSF commandant Suresh Chandra Jadav, for necessary cooperation for giving back the land to Bangladesh".
"As BSF authorities had not responded till 3 March, BDR members entered the land tactfully and started patrolling the area. At one stage, BSF personnel left the occupied land,” a BDR official has been quoted in the Newspapers as saying.
But speaking to this correspondent, BSF commandant Mr. Suresh Chandra Yadav said: " No body has spoken to me about the matter".
"I have information from my intelligence sources that one such report has been published in Bangladesh".
A senior BSF official also told The Statesman: " We will seek permission from our higher authorities to look into the matter from our end".
BSF sources said that India has regained more than 1000 acres of land on the Bangladesh side after completion of a joint survey by both countries along the disputed Indo-Bangladesh border, which led to a gun battle between the two counties for three days on August last year.
They have also said that officials have completed installation of almost 21 subsidiary lands pillars out of 56, which were proposed to fix the alignment between the two countries.
It was also found that referring pillars were damaged and missing owing to erosion of the river Mahananda. The river changed its course on the Indian side in the areas of five border outposts in last few years and the land went over to Bangladesh.
Similarly, a portion of lands of Bangladesh came here to India just near Krishnanagar and Sukhnagar BOPs. #
MALDA, March. 6. – BSF officials in Malda through their intelligence sources have information that a Bangladesh based newspapers recently published a story mentioning that Bangladesh has “reclaimed” 400 acres, including some portion of the Punarbhaba River, form India’s possession.
They added that this land had been in India’s possession since last 59 years.
Quoting locals and officials of Bangladesh Rifles, The New Nation, a Bangladesh based newspapers reported: " The strip of land was reclaimed on the basis of a border-demarcation survey conducted by the survey departments of the two countries which concluded late last month".
It was also reported that according to the decision between the two neighbouring countries, surveyor Shaheen Azad and Biswanath on behalf of Bangladesh and India respectively conducted the survey from January 5 to February 16 on the disputed land stretching from Pillar no. 240 to 244.
" During the survey, it became clear that India had been occupying the 400 acres of land of Bangladesh," said a BDR official, in The New Nation, adding "after the survey, commander of BDR Adatola BOP, Abdul Quddus requested BSF commandant Suresh Chandra Jadav, for necessary cooperation for giving back the land to Bangladesh".
"As BSF authorities had not responded till 3 March, BDR members entered the land tactfully and started patrolling the area. At one stage, BSF personnel left the occupied land,” a BDR official has been quoted in the Newspapers as saying.
But speaking to this correspondent, BSF commandant Mr. Suresh Chandra Yadav said: " No body has spoken to me about the matter".
"I have information from my intelligence sources that one such report has been published in Bangladesh".
A senior BSF official also told The Statesman: " We will seek permission from our higher authorities to look into the matter from our end".
BSF sources said that India has regained more than 1000 acres of land on the Bangladesh side after completion of a joint survey by both countries along the disputed Indo-Bangladesh border, which led to a gun battle between the two counties for three days on August last year.
They have also said that officials have completed installation of almost 21 subsidiary lands pillars out of 56, which were proposed to fix the alignment between the two countries.
It was also found that referring pillars were damaged and missing owing to erosion of the river Mahananda. The river changed its course on the Indian side in the areas of five border outposts in last few years and the land went over to Bangladesh.
Similarly, a portion of lands of Bangladesh came here to India just near Krishnanagar and Sukhnagar BOPs. #
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