BGB-BSF Flag Meeting
Dispute over using Dibir Haor resolved
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at a flag meeting yesterday agreed to maintain peaceful coexistence at Jaintapur border in Sylhet.
Both of the sides decided to equally use 53.3 acre of land in Dibir Haor along the border.
After the meeting, Lt Col Md Shafiul Azam, commanding officer of BGB battalion 5, Sylhet, told The Daily Star that a long-standing dispute was over through the decision.
The inhabitants of neighbouring villages on both sides had been using the 53.3 acre of land, considered as adversely possessed land (APL) for long, he added.
The meeting was held near the sub-pillar 1 of border pillar 1285 where Col Md Shafiul Azam led the BGB team while Commander Devendra Bist led the BSF team.
A tense situation had been prevailing on the border as about 100 Indian nationals were forced to go back from Bangladesh territory.
The Indians intruded into Bangladesh and started fishing in Dibir Haor on December 20.
Following the dispute, a company commander level flag meeting between the Indian BSF and BGB was held the following day but ended without fruitful result.
Arman Ali of village Kendri said the Indians attempted to fish on the water body several times during the last two weeks.
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