Cooch Behar (WB), Feb 08: The Bangladeshi Rifles today twice tried to push in people from their side into Cooch Behar barely two days after taking back 213 illegal migrants from Satgachi border in the district after a week's standoff with the BSF. Cooch Behar district magistrate Chandan Sinha said that the BDR first tried to push in 150 persons near border pillar no 886 in the afternoon, but failed after the BSF resisted. The BDR at 3:00 pm again tried to send in 400 persons onto Indian territory near the Chotomadhusudan BSF border outpost in the same bloc, Sinha said.

They went back when the Indian border guards resisted, he said.

The BSF has rushed reinforcements to the area, he said.

Panchayats have been alerted to maintain vigil.
Bureau Report