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BSF, BDR considering Wagha-like retreat

Sushanta Talukdar

Shillong coordination meeting to discuss border management

BSF seeks extradition of ULFA leaders

To Focus on illegal migration, training and shelter by Bangladesh to Indian insurgent groups

GUWAHATI: The Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles have begun discussions on a ceremonial BSF-BDR retreat in Agartala, on the lines of the one held at Wagha, as part of confidence-building measures.

The two forces are also discussing issues of effective border management at the bi-annual coordination meeting between the BSF Inspector-General and the BDR Deputy Director-General, which began in Shillong on Tuesday.

Illegal migration, training and shelter by Bangladesh to Indian insurgent groups, supply of arms to anti-national elements, trans-border crimes and extradition of jailed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Anup Chetia to India would be raised at the three-day meeting, the BSF said.

The BDR agreed to take up with the Bangladesh Government the extradition of Chetia, a BSF official informally told reporters in the midst of the meeting.

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