Worried about the fallout of the deadly terror attack in Dhaka, Indian security agencies have swung into action and sounded a high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
The five states that have been put on high alert include West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assama and Mizoram, with the Border Security Force(BSF) stepping up its vigil along the porous Indo-Bangladesh border.
India and Bangladesh share a 4,096-km long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world, with West Bengal having the longest one, of 2,217 km. The length of the border in the other four states is Tripura (856 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Assam (262 km) and Mizoram (180 km).
All police stations along the Indo-Bangla border have been alerted and all border districts have been told to keep a close eye on any suspicious movement.Senior Police Official, West Bengal Police
BSF officials have spoken to Meghalaya Police for coordination and sharing of information as soon as news of the killings came in. Meghalaya has over 100 “gaps” consisting of streams, rivers and drains apart from the unfenced 90-km stretch along its 443-km border with Bangladesh.
The force has been put on very high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border following the armed attack in Dhaka. Security has been tightened.PK Dubey, BSF Inspector General
The Assam police has also instructed SPs of all districts, especially the border ones, to keep a strict vigil for any possible ISIS activity in the state.
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