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Bangladesh provoking border tensions to divert world attention from Islamic Militant camps
All eyes are now towards the Islamic militant training camps in Bangladesh. Al-Queda may have moved there silently from Afghanistan.
But to divert attention, Bangladesh has taken the path of Pakistan – provoke border tension with India!
Tension prevailed on the India-Bangladesh border on Tuesday as Dhaka and New Delhi took a tough stance over Saturday's gun battle between border guards that left two people dead.
People in border villages fled their homes in fear of fresh skirmishes as both sides mobilised additional troops along the frontier.
A senior officer of India's Border Security Force (BSF) was killed in Saturday's incident and a trooper seriously injured. New Delhi described the incident and "pre-planned and pre-meditated". Dhaka termed the gun battle as "unfortunate and regrettable" and condemned what it said was an unprovoked attack by the BSF on the Akhaura border point Saturday.
Apart from the eastern Akhaura sector, tension has escalated in the southwestern Satkhira border as the BSF amassed troops there, local sources said.
A senior official of Bangladesh Rifles said Tuesday that its troops were on high alert along the border following Saturday's incident.
A Bangladesh foreign ministry spokesman told reporters: "It was clear that the BSF deliberately intruded into Bangladesh territory and opened fire on innocent villagers."
But India's external affairs ministry said a joint probe by BSF and BDR had established that BSF Assistant Commandant Jeevan Kumar, who was killed, and Constable K.K. Surendran had been dragged into Bangladeshi territory and attacked by BDR troopers.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan told journalists Monday before leaving for Indonesia there might have been "some stray incidents" as Bangladesh has a long border with India. He hoped the BDR and BSF would discuss the matter to resolve it.
"I don’t think such a small incident will have any impact on the vast relations between the two friendly neighbours," Khan said.
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