The 48th DG conference was held between India’s Border Security Force
(BSF) and the Border Guard
Bangladesh (BGB). It was
concluded on 15 June at Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Joint Record of Discussion was signed
by DG, BSF, Rajni Kant Mishra and DG, BGB, Major General Md Shafeenul
Islam.
Agreement
included:
Both BSF abd BGB agreed to undertake joint efforts to bring down the killing incidents to zero by increasing
coordinated patrols in
vulnerable areas to cattle and narcotics smuggling, educating border
population about
the sanctity of International Border (IB) and preventing criminals from
crossing the IB.
Both sides also agreed to pursue and share
real-time information including
a preliminary questioning report as applicable about the persons apprehended
with smuggled items.
The two Border guard forces also agreed to
declare new areas as crime free zone in phases of which proposed area within Sarail region or
Tripura Frontier may be
formalised in the first phase.
The next DG level conference will be held in New Delhi during the first week of November 2019.
