No exchange of fire took place in Akhaura border BDR commander tells Star
Akhaura-Koshba border is peaceful and there was no exchange of fire between BDR and BSF on Sunday, as reported in some national dailies, Maj. Ashraf, General Staff Officer-2 of BDR in Comilla Sector told The Daily Star yesterday.
He said a Battalion Commander level flag meeting between BDR and BSF was held on Sunday near border pillar no. 2034 following abortive bids by BSF in the past several days to raise barbed wire fence on the no man's land.
BDR Battalion Commander KA Naser and BSF Battalion Commander SK Mandu led their respective sides at the meeting, Maj. Ashraf said.
At the flag meeting, BSF agreed not to raise barbed wire fence on the no man's land.
He however said BSF had made several attempts to raise fence near border pillar no. 2034 and in other areas on the no man's land but abandoned it following resistance by BDR and local people.
BDR is ready to face any situation, he added.
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