Anti-India Yunus planning to capture Indian territory amid India-Pakistan tensions, Bangladesh planning to…

Amid the rising tensions between India and Pakistan, media reports are talking about a small scale conflict between the two countries. However, to everyone’s surprise, India’s neighbouring country, Bangladesh, which recently went through a military coup is planning to capture Indian territory in case of the Pakistani military attacking India. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent statement from Bangladesh.

In a recent turn of events, an official of the Bangladesh interim government led by Mohammad Yunus, a retired Bangladeshi Major General has said that Bangladesh should occupy India’s seven northeastern states in case Pakistan attacks India.

“If India attacks Pakistan, Bangladesh should occupy the seven states of Northeast India. In this regard, I think it is necessary to start discussions on a joint military system with China”, the retired Bangladeshi Major posted on Facebook in Bengali. The statement is very significant as Fazlur Rahman is considered to be very close to the interim government led by Mohammad Yunus.

BSF troops on high alert on India-Bangladesh border

In a significant development, it has been reported that BSF troops along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya frontier are on high alert, a senior BSF officer was quoted as saying by a report by news agency PTI.  The officer has said that the BSF is taking all preventive measures amid the rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

“In the light of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, operationally we are fully prepared and our troops are on high alert at the border since the uprising in Bangladesh last year,” Meghalaya Frontier Inspector General OP Upadhyay told PTI.

“In fact, the BGB are more proactive and have acted on inputs we shared with them during our flag meetings resulting in arrests of touts and those who wanted to cross the border lately,” he said.

The BSF IG said the BSF and Meghalaya Police are also working closely and 24 checkpoints are being jointly manned by the BSF and the state police highlighting the coordination between the two forces. He said that 90 per cent of the influx of Bangladesh nationals has been stopped in the Garo Hills in Meghalaya as the gates are being manned 24×7.

(With inputs from agencies)

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