Rejoinder, our reply

27 May 2010, 18:00 PM

The home ministry has protested a portion of the report published in The Daily Star on May 17 under the headline 'Ban on nighttime movement on border to stop BSF killings'. In a rejoinder, the home ministry said India has not taken any initiative to erect barbed-wire fence within 150 yards of the border by violating international law as reported in The Daily Star. Our reply
Our report was based on the press briefing of Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder following an inter-ministerial meeting on May 16. In the briefing, he told reporters that Bangladesh disputed the location of 46 points where the bared-wire fence was erected beyond 150 yards from zero line. He also said Bangladesh and India had conducted a joint survey which has already identified 12 such points.