BGB on alert after BSF drone falls inside Bangladesh

BGB has heightened border monitoring after seizing an Indian surveillance drone that fell inside Bangladeshi territory at Patgram upazila, Lalmonirhat on Tuesday noon.

The drone has been kept under BGB custody, and officers have contacted higher authorities to decide the next course of action, said the force’s Teesta Battalion chief Lt Col Syed Fazle Munim.

Legal measures are being pursued and a potential flag-meeting with India’s BSF are under consideration, he added.

BSF has already contacted BGB, saying one of their drones malfunctioned and fell inside Bangladeshi territory.

According to locals and BGB sources, around noon, the BSF drone flew across the border at the Muglibari border area under Burimari union of Lalmonirhat. BSF personnel from the 98 Himalaya Camp in West Bengal were taking videos with the drone.

It fell on a cornfield 20 yards inside Bangladeshi territory. A local farmer informed the nearest BGB outpost about the incident.

The BGB men from the Teesta Battalion seized the drone swiftly.

Reportedly, afterwards, BSF members strengthened border positions to recover the drone, causing alarm among Bangladeshi villagers. In response, BGB also increased monitoring. Gradually, the tensions ebbed.