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SHILLONG: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Friday evening opened fire to foil an attempt by Bangladeshi nationals to steal boulders from 
Meghalaya close to the Indo-Bangla border.

"Around 6.30 pm, the night ambush party of the BSF's border out post Naljuri ex-1st Bn in Jaintia Hills saw some Bangladeshi nationals near the Rangpani River. The border guards asked them to stop digging of stones and boulders and go back to their territory immediately. But the Bangladeshi nationals did not stop, prompting the BSF men to fire," a senior official in the Assam and Meghalaya Frontier headquarters of the BSF here said.

"On hearing the gunshots, the intruders ran towards the Bangladeshi territory. The night ambush party cordoned off the area and launched a massive manhunt. They found a country-made boat from the river inside the Indian territory. No casualty was reported," the official said.

According to a BSF statement, troops of Assam and Meghalaya Frontier have intensified operations along the Indo-Bangla border to check trans-border movement and anti-India activities.

Incidentally, there have been reports of random incursion by Bangladeshi nationals reportedly backed by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) into Indian territory in Meghalaya for stealing stones. Two such incursions took place over the past week along the international border. The stolen boulders are in huge demand in the neighbouring country for construction work.

Over 50 Bangladeshi miscreants came in boats inside India to pilfer boulders near Bholaganj on Saturday last. They threw stones at a BSF patrol party. Two jawans were injured in the attack.

BSF inspector general (Assam and Meghalaya Frontier) Prithvi Raj said BSF had fired around six rounds in the air to disperse them. BSF also lodged a protest with the BDR over the incident.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/guwahati/Bangladeshis-try-to-sneak-into-Meghalaya-again/articleshow/5031710.cms