High alert on Indo-Bangla border in 5 states after Dhaka carnage

 India and Bangladesh share a 4,096 km-long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world, with West Bengal having the highest length with 2,217 km. 

Vehicles are being checked at various entry and exit points in the districts bordering Bangladesh. It has declared a two-day state mourning after the attack on a cafe in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone on Friday night resulting in the killing of 20 persons.

 As it was a festival season with Eid and Ratha yatra to be celebrated, a strict vigil was being maintained on the border. But after the attack in Bangladesh, the BSF had further intensified the vigil and special operations were on, Sandeep Salunke, IG, BSF, had said on Saturday. 

A top police official in Agartala said that as soon as the attack broke out BSF and all other security forces including Tripura police, were alerted so that no unwanted elements could cross the border to enter Indian territory.

BSF Inspector General (Meghalaya Frontier) PK Dubey said the force has been put on “very high alert” along the Indo- Bangladesh border in Meghalaya. “The force has been put on very high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border following the armed attack in Dhaka. Security has been tightened,” Dubey said.