Author: Newmai News Network
Publication: The Assam Tribune
Date: February 12, 2008
URL: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=feb1208\ne3
The killing of a villager by suspected Bangladeshi
marauders in Lumjyrmi village under the Bholaganj sector of the Indo-Bangladesh
border has put the BSF in an embarrassing situation.
The BSF has been reiterating that border patrolling
has been enhanced, but the Saturday incident in Bholaganj, about 80 kms from
Shillong, where a villager was stabbed to death and another seriously injured
has put a question mark on the BSF claims.
The decased has been identified as B Nongbri
while the others injured include his wife and brother-in-law.
The police refused to confirm or deny the
Bangladeshi intrusion three kms inside the Indian territory, yet the statement
given by the injured categorically mentioned that it was a 40-50 odd Bangladeshis
who intruded and committed the crime. The duo also stated before the police
that the Bangladeshis decamped with money and property after committing the
crime.
The Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills
district AR Mawthoh told NNN today, "We are trying to ascertain the statement
where Bangladeshis are reported to have intruded as far as two kms inside
the Indian territory."
Many villagers particularly in the Nongjri-Nongshken
areas are forced to hire armed gunmen to protect the betel nuts and other
plantations.
Then, it was attributed to porosity of the
border and shortage of manpower in the Indian frontier guards.
However, the BSF officials stated that it
is impossible for the Bangladeshis to enter and retreat from as far as three
kms from the international border. A BSF DIG told NNN that they are trying
to inquire into the matter.
