From The Times of India
TNN, Oct 18, 2010
HASSAN: "Is it enough to pay tribute during the guard of honour for a BSF jawan who sacrificed his life for the country for the past 11 years?" asked Shivkumar, the older brother of BSF jawan Lokesh K P.
Lokesh (30), son of a farmer, Putegowda of Karigowdanakopalu village in Hassan taluk, died under mysterious circumstances on August 28, on the Jammu border near Khura. According to a BSF commandant, three bullets were found in Lokesh's body.
Sharing their with `The Times of India' on Monday, Lokesh's family members said: "It's been more than one-and-half months since Lokesh's death. Even after calling the senior BSF officials innumerable times, they are not explaining how Lokesh died. Neither the BSF nor the Centre has paid us any compensation, apart from former district in-charge minister B N Bachegowda, who offered Rs 2 lakh as compensation," they said.
Shivkumar said: "So far, the BSF officials have not surrendered any of Lokesh's belongings to us. Every time I make a phone call to the BSF officials, they simply say, `enquiry is going on.' And the strangest thing is that my brother's mobile phone number is still being used by someone. They do not answer the call or the cellphone is switched off," added Shivkumar, who dialled his brother's phone number many times, after his death. "Soon we will submit a memorandum to the district administration to find out how Lokesh died and who is using his cellphone," he added.
A village senior of Karigowdanakopalu said: "There are some 50 families in our village, from where four soldiers have been serving our country in BSF and the India Army. But the response from BSF officials over the death of Lokesh has been discouraging aspiring youths to join the Army."
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
BSF Battalion in HP?
From The Times of India
Oct 18, 2010
The Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal stated that state had recommended setting up of BSF Battalion at Shahpur in Kangra district by providing land available for the same. He also advised the official machinery of the state government to accord top priority to redressal of public grievances.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/BSF-battalion/speednewsbytopic/keyid-220642.cms
Oct 18, 2010
The Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal stated that state had recommended setting up of BSF Battalion at Shahpur in Kangra district by providing land available for the same. He also advised the official machinery of the state government to accord top priority to redressal of public grievances.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/BSF-battalion/speednewsbytopic/keyid-220642.cms
Maoists trigger landmine blast near BSF camp
From The Hindu
Oct 18, 2010
PTI
Maoists triggered a landmine blast near a BSF camp in Orissa’s Naxal infested Malkangiri district this morning.
The powerful landmine was set off along a road at Sikhapalli near here apparently targeting BSF personnel who move out in groups from their camp in the morning hours, Inspector In-Charge of Malkangiri police station R.K. Pati said.
No one was injured as there was no movement near the site when the landmine exploded about 250 metres from the temporary BSF camp, he said.
A portion of the road was damaged in the incident.
The blast was probably aimed at thwarting a health and awareness camp which was scheduled to be held by the BSF personnel deployed in the area, police said. The proposed health camp was deferred in view of the blast.
Combing operation and patrolling had been intensified in the area to track the ultras.
In another development in Gobindpalli in the district, about 50 km from here, Maoists have put up a large number of posters and banners asking special SPOs and home guards to quit their jobs, the sources said.
Fake notes worth Rs. 3 lakh seized, two held
From Asian Age
Oct 17th, 2010
Malda, West Bengal: Fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 3.03 lakh were seized from two persons here, police said today.
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a locality in Englishbazar area last night and found the Abdul Karim and Mortaja Alam, residents of Nayagram village here in possession of the fake notes.
While 600 notes were in the denomination of Rs 500, three were of Rs 1000, they added.
http://www.asianage.com/india/fake-notes-worth-rs-3-lakh-seized-two-held-616
Oct 17th, 2010
Malda, West Bengal: Fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 3.03 lakh were seized from two persons here, police said today.
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a locality in Englishbazar area last night and found the Abdul Karim and Mortaja Alam, residents of Nayagram village here in possession of the fake notes.
While 600 notes were in the denomination of Rs 500, three were of Rs 1000, they added.
http://www.asianage.com/india/fake-notes-worth-rs-3-lakh-seized-two-held-616
Security beefed up after mob violence along Indian enclave
Dhaka, October 17, 2010
Security has been been beefed up near the Indo-Bangladesh border after a mob torched and vandalised several houses inside an Indian enclave in Panchagarh district in retaliation for the alleged killing of a Bangladeshi.
"We have arrested three (Bangladeshi) villagers in connection with the violence and the situation is calm after we held several meetings with the people of nearby villages and asked them to maintain order," Shahriar Rahman, the police chief of Panchagargh district told PTI.
Reached here by phone, Rahman said a makeshift police camp has been set up along the enclave Garati, surrounded by bordering Bangladeshi villages while the border guards Bangladesh Riffles (BDR) were asked to intensify vigil in the area.
The enclave residents need to cross international border every day for cultivation and need to follow the official formalities as well as clearance from the BDR and India's Border Security Force (BSF) guards.
Officials and reports said tension was sparked in the area after Bangladeshi national Ramjan Ali went inside the enclave and was allegedly killed by the residents.
It is claimed that the initial refusal to return the body sparked violence by the frontier villagers in Sadar sub-division of Panchagarh district, some 344 km from Dhaka in Rajshahi division.
?The enclave residents, however, returned the body to us after midnight on Friday but angry villagers raided Garati and set on fire a number of houses there though no casualty was reported as they (enclave residents) fled their homes sensing the attack," Rahman said.
"The enclave is out of bound for Bangladeshis as it is part of the Indian territory though the nearest border was three kilometres off the enclave but we are in touch with them to give them a sense of relief," the police chief said.
Banamali Bhoumik, the administrative chief of Panchagarh told local reporters that some 50 houses were either ransacked or torched during the raids by the villagers.
Anwar Saadat, vice-chairman of Panchagargh Sadar sub-division, said he was trying to get relief supplies to the Indian enclave dwellers on "humanitarian ground" as they were surrounded by Bangladesh with no direct links to India.
Bangladesh and India share 4,156 kilometres of common porous border, of which 6.1 kilomtres were still un-demarcated. The two countries have 162 such enclaves, 111 being Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh and 51 being Bangladeshi inside India.
The population in the Indian enclaves was estimated to be 1.4 lakh on 17,000 acres of land while the Bangladeshi enclaves inside India had some 44,000 people on 7,000 acres.
Officials said 3,000 acres of Bangladesh land are inside India while India has around 3,500 acres of land inside Bangladesh.
"These pieces of land are all contiguous, so there is a possibility that we redraw the international border and finish this problem once and for all," Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, the former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, said last year.
With inputs from PTI
130 villages close to Indo-Bangladesh border identified as smuggling dens
From Kalimpong News
SNS, KOLKATA, 17 Oct:
About 130 villages lying close to the Indo-Bangladesh border have been identified as prone to smuggling of narcotic substances, fake Indian currency and other essential commodities including rice.
A senior BSF officer said the villages have been identified following an analysis of Intelligence inputs gathered by sleuths belonging to various State and Central agencies and arrests made by state police and border guarding force in the the last couple of years. Another startling revelation is that mostly women from these villages are involved in smuggling narcotic substances to Bangladesh and bringing counterfeit Indian currencies from there. Vigil has been made stringent along the border and a special watch is being kept pn these 130 villages, located within 50 yards of International Border. The officer added that the smuggling of drugs, counterfeit Indian currency and arms was discussed during the director general level meeting between BSF and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) held last month.
“When people from our territory cross over the border for either cattle grazing or to visit their relatives, they bring narcotic items to India in lieu of money,” said a senior BSF officer. Sealed consignment of narcotic items are handed over to them to deliver it to their agents in India. The Bangladeshi smugglers never disclose the names of their Indian accomplices, the officer added. The women drug traffickers never show interest to know the names of the receivers as they are paid in cash before delivery. Hiding the drug consignments in their clothes, the women evade jawans guarding the border, the officer added.
According to BSF sources, fake Indian currency worth Rs 86,41,290 have been seized on 2006 to August this year. In 2006, the BSF had seized counterfeit Indian currency worth Rs 9,37,900. A total 32 seizures were made in 2006. In 2007, the border guarding force of the country made 18 seizers of fake Indian currency of worth total Rs 6,95,300. In 2008, the BSF men seized counterfeit Indian currency of worth Rs 18,75,000 and registered 33 cases. In the next year, the BSF men recovered fake Indian currency of worth Rs 28,43,390 in total 39 cases of seizure.
Till August this year, 31 seizures of fake Indian currency have taken place on the border and the BSF jawans have seized about Rs 22 lakh fake Indian notes.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Punjab Police, BSF Jalandhar enter quarterfinals league stage
From in.com
2010-10-17 03:16:50
Jalandhar, Oct 16 (UNI) Punjab and Sind Bank Delhi and Indian Railways locked at 1-1 draw to split one point each from their first outing in quarter finals league of the 27th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey tournament at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today. In the other knock out stage matches Punjab Police Jalandhar edged out spirited Punjab National Bank Delhi by 2-1 while Border Security Force Jalandhar beat Namdhari XI Sirsa by 1-0 to enter the quarterfinals league stage of the tourname... Full Article at Deepika Global »
BSF director general to head delegation
From The Times Of India
Oct 17, 2010
BSF director general Raman Srivastava is likely to head a delegation of senior BSF officials ,to the ranks including Inspector General , from Punjab, J&K, Delhi, Gujrat and Rajasthan to Lahore via Attari land border on October 26 to hold meeting with his counterparts of Pakistan Rangers on various controversial border issues and border management.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/speednewsshow/6759263.cms
Oct 17, 2010
BSF director general Raman Srivastava is likely to head a delegation of senior BSF officials ,to the ranks including Inspector General , from Punjab, J&K, Delhi, Gujrat and Rajasthan to Lahore via Attari land border on October 26 to hold meeting with his counterparts of Pakistan Rangers on various controversial border issues and border management.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/speednewsshow/6759263.cms
BSF jawan cremated with state honors
From The Tribune
Sriganganagar, October 16
The BSF jawan Deep Chand Meghwal, who had died near the LoC in Rajouri sector in Kashmir valley, was cremated with full state honors in native village Anoopshehar.Family sources said 40-year-old Deep Chand of 76 Bn of the BSF suffered cardiac arrest immediately after finishing the daily parade near the LoC.
His body was escorted by sub-inspector Munna Ram to the village where he was otherwise scheduled to arrive on October 21 on annual leave.
Floral tributes were paid by sarpanch Hemlata, retired magistrate PP Singh, former sarpanches Chander Verma, Pala Ram and Mewa Singh Kataria, tehsildar Manohar Lal and SHO Dinesh Rajaura. BSF sub-inspector Megha Ram led the contingent in giving state honor to the deceased. Ashok, son of the deceased, lit the pyre amidst heart-rending scenes.
Sriganganagar, October 16
The BSF jawan Deep Chand Meghwal, who had died near the LoC in Rajouri sector in Kashmir valley, was cremated with full state honors in native village Anoopshehar.Family sources said 40-year-old Deep Chand of 76 Bn of the BSF suffered cardiac arrest immediately after finishing the daily parade near the LoC.
His body was escorted by sub-inspector Munna Ram to the village where he was otherwise scheduled to arrive on October 21 on annual leave.
Floral tributes were paid by sarpanch Hemlata, retired magistrate PP Singh, former sarpanches Chander Verma, Pala Ram and Mewa Singh Kataria, tehsildar Manohar Lal and SHO Dinesh Rajaura. BSF sub-inspector Megha Ram led the contingent in giving state honor to the deceased. Ashok, son of the deceased, lit the pyre amidst heart-rending scenes.
Tensions growing along disputed areas of Bangladesh-India boundary; talks planned for November
From Durham University, Boundary News
Oct 15, 2010
The Mujib-Indira Land Boundary Agreement of 1974, which concerned 15 sectors of the border that were yet to be demarcated, was also developed to exchange the territorial enclaves of Indian land in Bangladesh, and Bangladeshi land in India. While the agreement was ratified by Bangladesh, it has yet to be ratified by India. Currently India has 3500 acres of land and 111 enclaves located within Bangladesh, while Bangladesh has approximately 3000 acres within 51 enclaves located in India. A Joint Boundary Working Group meeting has been proposed in Delhi for 10-11 November 2010 to resume talks, after a four year hiatus, particularly regarding the 6.5 kilometres of un-demarcated boundary and the numerous enclaves of land possessed by the respective countries. There are also plans to discuss the placing of boundary pillars along another approximately 35.5 kilometre section of the border, including who would bear the cost of this activity.
Source: ‘Border tense as Indian border guards build road inside Bangladesh’, BBC Monitoring South Asia, 10 October 2010; ‘Bangladesh, India to hold talks 10-11 Nov to resolve border dispute’, BBC Monitoring South Asia, 10 October 2010
http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/news/boundary_news/
BSF ready to stop cross border infiltration during winter in J-K
From SifyNews
Oct 16 (ANI):
Siddharth Chattopadhyay, Inspector General (IG) of the Border Security Force (BSF), has said that strategies are in place to stop cross-border infiltration of militants during the winter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Chattopadhyay said: "The upcoming winter season has its own challenges. The shifting of civil secretariat and other offices, popularly known as 'darbar move', would lead to a change of the focus from the valley to the area of Jammu."
"Along with it, we would have very heavy fog in winter. The fog again would be a challenge for us and we cannot forget that there are disruptive elements across the border, which may not always within the control of the rangers. So we have to be alert," he added.
As a part of the precautionary measures, he also accounted some of the steps that would be adopted in the coming months.
"We have identified sensitive points. We have strengthened our troops over there. We have put more element of surveillance equipment; night vision devices and we have got a second line of defence behind them in case someone gets through. So we have identified those places and we have increased our presence," he said.
Chattopadhyay also said that sensitive areas have been demarcated and troops' presence has also been strengthened in those locations. (ANI)
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