BSF-BGB flag meeting held, citizens of two countries handed over

A flag meeting between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was held on the Biral border in Dinajpur on Friday night.

Through the meeting, two Bangladesh citizens and two India citizens were handed over to their respective authorities.
Rezaul Karim, commander of Dharamjoyn BOP under BGB’s 42 Battalion, confirmed that the flag meeting was held at around 8:30pm.

Earlier, two Bangladeshi farmers were allegedly detained by BSF on Friday afternoon along the Biral border in Dinajpur.
In retaliation, Bangladeshi locals detained two Indian nationals.

According to locals, the two farmers, Masud and Enamul, were harvesting paddy near the border when BSF personnel reportedly crossed into Bangladeshi territory and detained them.

Upon learning of the incident, local Bangladeshis retaliated by detaining two Indian farmers, Abinash Tudu and Philip Soren, both residents of Anantapur village in Gangarampur police station area of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal.