Shillong, July 9: The BSF, besides dealing with smuggling and illegal migration, has another headache — that of countering Bangladesh media for allegedly carrying disinformation campaign against the force — at the initiative of Lt Col Zahirul Alam, commander of the 21 battalion of the BDR at Sylhet in the neighbouring country. The BSF today cautioned Bangladesh media to find out the truth regarding the border situation in Meghalaya rather than giving fabricated reports about the “illegal cultivation and encroachment of Bangladeshi land” by Indian nationals. The BSF has also urged them to realise that the commander of the 21 Bn BDR wants to keep the issue of land of adverse possession held by India alive, thereby becoming a messiah of the local Bangladeshi population. BSF public relations officer Ravi Gandhi in a statement issued here today said it is a well-planned strategy by the BDR, especially by the commander of 21 Bn BDR, Alam, to sensationalise the issue related to areas of adverse possession. “Alam is trying to garner support of the locals in the border areas by giving them false promises that they would be allotted plots of land in the areas of adverse possession once the BDR is able to take them over,” the statement said. The BSF has also alleged that Alam is taking aggressive posture and keeping the issue alive to get the sympathy of his seniors aiming at a promotion.......................................... | 
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