“The force has been put on very high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border following the armed attack in Dhaka. (Source: Google Maps)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 with the Border Security Force(BSF) stepping up its vigil. The West Bengal administration has asked the state police to be on high alert and take serious note of any suspicious movement in the border districts. Several modules of JMB in Assam were busted in the aftermath of Khagragarh blast in Burdwan district of West Bengal on October 2, 2014. India and Bangladesh share a 4,096 km-long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world, with West Bengal having the highest length with 2,217 km.

Source: Indian Express July 03, 2016 16:07 UTC