[Reader-list] Infiltration through Punjab worries BSF

[Taha Mehmood]

 Dear Yusuf,

Thank you for sharing the anecdote below. For the sake of clarification
could I ask you to please cite the source of this anecdote. Was this
something that you have heard or read from some where. I apologize for being
painful and sounding like an utter idiot but I think it would be nice to
have this bit categorized properly.

Warm regards

Taha


On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Yousuf <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A BSF jawan who had served both on Indo-Bangladesh as well as Indo-Pak
> border was once asked what difference did he find while serving on these 2
> borders. His reply was: "we earn 300 rupees to help cross one animal
> (goat/cow) from India to Pakistan, and the same 300 to cross one human from
> Bangladesh to India. That's the only difference"
>
>
>
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>
> --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Taha Mehmood <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Taha Mehmood <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] Infiltration through Punjab worries BSF
> > To: "reader-list at sarai.net" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 6:53 AM
> > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2116525.cms
> >
> > Infiltration through Punjab worries BSF
> > 7 Oct 2006, 2336 hrs IST, Vishwa Mohan, TNN
> >
> >
> >
> >  NEW DELHI: Border Security Force (BSF) chief A K Mitra has
> > expressed
> > serious concern over the recent attempts by Pakistan-based
> > terrorists to
> > enter India through Rajasthan and Punjab sectors — the
> > 'fenced border'
> > stretch which did not report a single infiltration bid in
> > the last 10 years.
> >
> > Referring to incidents where BSF foiled attempts of
> > terrorists to infiltrate
> > into India last month, Mitra told TOI, "This is a
> > matter of concern for us
> > and we are taking it seriously".
> >
> > He said it was not clear if the infiltration bids were
> > one-off incidents or
> > was the beginning of a trend. "We have sensitised all
> > border outposts and
> > asked our personnel to remain on high alert.
> >
> > "The BSF, which is deployed on the entire western
> > border along Jammu and
> > Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, had to encounter
> > the first such
> > infiltration bid in Amritsar sector on September 14 when it
> > killed two
> > persons, including a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant.
> >
> > The second incident was reported from Sherpura outpost in
> > Sriganganagar
> > district of Rajasthan on September 24 when the BSF killed
> > three militants
> > during a night-long gunfight.
> >
> > The use of these low-key western sectors as infiltration
> > points assumes
> > significance as it underscores the fact that the level of
> > infiltration
> > through J&K may not be a reliable index of
> > Pakistan's willingness to clamp
> > down on jehadis crossing into India.
> >
> >
> > Intelligence agencies point out that the past years have
> > seen ISI
> > increasingly using Bangladesh to push in terrorists. The
> > use of Rajasthan
> > and Punjab sectors, however, is sure to add to the worries
> > of the
> > security establishment.
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