The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and locals reportedly resisted an attempt by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to push 750 people into Bangladesh through the border in Brahmanbaria early on Friday.
A tense situation prevailed along the borders between the frontier guards overnight, said locals.
Sources said that Indian law enforcers have recently detained over 600 people in the states of Tripura and 148 in Rajasthan during a countrywide crackdown, with New Delhi claiming that most of them are Bangladeshis and Rohingyas.
The BSF reportedly took the detainees to a bordering area to push them into Bangladesh through the Singerbil border of Bijoynagar upazila of the district at around 2am.
Being informed, the BGB took up position while locals also gathered along the border to resist the push-in.
Union Parishad Member Mamun Chowdhury said the BSF was forced to go back when the BGB and locals took up position along the border.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sadhana Tripura said: “The situation is now normal along the border. The push-in attempt by the BSF has been resisted by the BGB and locals. All are still on the alert.”
Lt Col Jabbar Ahammed, commandant of the BGB-25 Battalion, said they took a cautious position after being informed about the possible push-in, and curious locals also gathered at the border.
