India Border Security Forces (BSF) imposed a curfew in the border areas of Bangladesh amid political turmoil in Dhaka as Sheikh Hasina fled the capital Dhaka and reached New Delhi to seek political asylum in India.
As per Indian media reports, the Border Security Force (BSF) recommended a curfew from 6 pm to 6 am in all areas of Meghalaya within 200 meters of the Bangladeshi border.
India has been battling with diplomatic defeat as the student protests in Bangladesh have toppled New Delhi’s important ally Sheikh Hasina Wajid’s government.
There is an unfenced land along 915.35 kilometers of the Bangladesh border.
Five Indian states border Bangladesh and 4,096 kilometers from their shared border.
India's Border Security Force (BSF) is at full alert right now and conditions are highly tense near the borders with Bangladesh and the eastern state of West Bengal.
Indian government ordered no one must be allowed into the country without the required documentation and permission.
The Petrapole Land Port at the border has blocked the flow of goods, retaining hundreds of Indian trucks in Bangladesh. In addition, a curfew has been enforced at night along the border between Bangladesh and India in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Since mid-July, railway services between Bangladesh and India have also been suspended indefinitely.
