BSF Unearths Iron Bunker Near India-Bangladesh Border In West Bengal’s Krishangarh (Screengrab) | X/PTI
Nadia: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday unearthed iron bunkers near the India-Bangladesh border in the Krishnaganj village of West Bengal’s Nadia district on Friday. The BSF conducted a raid at the Nahata area, reported The Telegraph.
A joint operation was launched by the BSF and the Krishnaganj police under the border management protocol. A video of the bunker recovered by the BSF also surfaced online.
BSF Recovers Iron Bunkers In Krishangarh:
The bunker was located around 1 km from the India-Bangladesh border on paddy fields. According to The Telegraph report, there were three bunkers which were at least 15 feet deep and were reinforced with iron sheets and equipped with metal covers. There were also locking mechanisms.
The bunkers were spacious and were reportedly stuffed with hundreds of bottles of Phensedyl. “Some bunkers were found in the border areas of Nadia, which are being thoroughly examined,” said BSF South Bengal frontier spokesperson and DIG Nilotpal Kumar Pandey as reported by the media house.
The bunkers were recovered amid high alert along the Bangladesh border amid the change in Bangladesh’s political situation after Sheikh Hasina’s ousted.
