A high alert has been sounded on the Indo-Bangla border in the five...A high alert has been sounded on the Indo-Bangla border in the five states of West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assama and Mizoram in the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka. Security agencies across Kolkata have stepped up security in the wake of Friday’s terror attack in neighbouring Bangladesh that left 20 dead. “The Indo-Bangladesh border area… is one of the highest densely populated areas on the border in the world,” he added. The police in both coastal and border areas of the state have been asked up intensify surveillance and patrolling. “Keeping in mind of Eid festival, the maximum number of BSF personnel and officers have already been posted on the border area.

Source: Hindustan Times July 03, 2016 10:30 UTC