Teenagers being used for border crimes
Teenagers are being used for smuggling along Indo-Bangladesh border in Cooch Behar district. They are being used to do the crime by damaging the barbed wire fencing. Such complaints are pouring in from the border areas in Mekhliganj sub-division and elsewhere. The Border Security Force officials are also concerned over the development. They already ordered beefing up of vigil along the border to curb the menace.
It is learnt that cattle trafficking and smuggling of essential commodities are being committed for a long at border areas like Kuchlibari, Changrabandha, Bhotbari and Nijtaraf in Mekhliganj sub-division. In a bid to control the criminal activities the authorities installed barbed wire fencing along the International border at different places. At the first phase it bore fruitful result.
But, as an alternative the smugglers started using teenagers to damage the fencing to pave the way of smooth smuggling. The teenagers are being used as they can run away quickly when BSF jawans on duty chase them. This is one of the reasons for recruiting of the rural teenagers for 'border trade'. The smugglers also press them into jobs like damaging of the fencing. The smuggling is going on along the way where the fencing is damaged.
The novel modus operandi was unearthed after detention of a number of persons including teenagers. Following the unique finding, senior BSF officials alerted the jawans and officials engaged at border outposts (BOPs) to keep strict vigil along the border to control smuggling and other criminal activities.
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as I said earlier that despite knowing all the BSF authorities are not keen enough to sought out the problem. they have to take control soon unless the day when women will come to play a big roll in cross border trafficking prop up inevitably.
cross border trafficking is a difficult and critical matter to deal with and day by day becoming tougher to make out.
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