BSF tries to push in 129 individuals across 11 border points in 24 hours

India's Border Security Force (BSF) attempted to push at least 129 people into Bangladesh across 11 border points within 24 hours on Thursday (June 4).

The Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) called an unprecedented single-day surge and successfully repell every attempt of BSF.

The most brazen incident occurred in Jhinaidah's Maheshpur, where BSF personnel opened a border gate and drove a prison van carrying 30 to 35 detainees to the crossing. BGB patrols and local residents forced the van to withdraw.

In a separate push at the same location, a group of four to five individuals on foot was also turned back.

The most acute crisis remains at Bangabari, Chapainawabganj, where 28 people — 12 men, 10 women and 6 children — are stranded in no-man's-land after a 3:00am incursion was intercepted. Two flag meetings between BGB and BSF commanders ended without resolution. The group remains exposed in open terrain in the rain, fenced in on both sides.

"If they were truly Bangladeshi, they would have been sent through proper government channels — not shoved through a gap in the fence at night," said Wasim Akram, a resident of Anarpur village.

Intelligence inputs flagged further staging activity: 22 detainees reportedly transferred to BSF custody in Malda for cross-border delivery, and 15 to 20 people gathered near an unf­enced stretch in Assam's Netrakona-facing sector. BSF has also detained two Bangladeshi nationals in Thakurgaon without notifying BGB.

Affected districts span the full length of the border: Chapainawabganj, Netrakona, Sylhet, Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Joypurhat, Khulna and Jhinaidah. BGB said it has reinforced patrols, intelligence monitoring, and will return all stranded individuals through formal procedures.