Blitz Bureau
The India-Bangladesh border would remain open for 24 hours to facilitate the students and other people of India and other countries to enter from the trouble-torn neighbouring country, where the situation remains extremely volatile due to the protests on quota issue for the last three weeks.
Tripura Frontier Inspector General (IG) of the force, Patel Piyush Purushottam Das, and other senior officials are in close contact with the Bangladesh Army, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Police to evacuate the India-bound students and other people.
Students of India and other countries who are studying in Bangladesh are returning to India as the students’ agitation has now become violent in the neighbouring country.
Over 600 students, mostly Indian, returned to India on July 19 through the Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya borders. “The students of India and other countries are mainly coming from Dhaka, Comilla and Brahmanbaria. Around 15,000 Indian nationals, including 8,500 students, reside in Bangladesh. The External Affairs Ministry has urged Indian nationals in Bangladesh to follow the advisory issued by the High Commission in Dhaka and to be in touch with the High Commission. The clashes between student demonstrators and police have killed at least 105 people so far.
