Agartala: Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, BSF’s Additional Director General (ADG), Eastern Command, is on a four-day visit to Tripura to review the security preparedness along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Aggarwal, who arrived in Agartala on Tuesday, was received at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport by Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Inspector General (IG), BSF Tripura frontier.
Upon his arrival at BSF frontier headquarters, the ADG was accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour and was briefed on key operational issues and deployment strategies.
On Tuesday, he visited several Border Outposts (BOPs) and Integrated Check Post (ICP) Agartala-Akhaura and interacted with field commanders and jawans and reviewed operational preparedness.
“The ADG visited BOP Bhagalpur, BOP Lankamura and ICP Agartala-Akhaura (along the India-Bangladesh border) to take stock of the operational preparedness and interacted with field commanders and jawans,” a BSF spokesman said.
The visit highlights BSF’s focus on strengthening border security and coordination in the sensitive Tripura areas bordering Bangladesh.
Tripura, which has an 856-km border with Bangladesh, is surrounded on three sides by the neighbouring country, making the northeastern state very vulnerable and sensitive to cross-border migration issues.
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Most of the border has been fenced to prevent smuggling, trans-border crimes, and illegal cross-border movements by infiltrators and hostile elements.
During his visit, the senior BSF officer will continue his inspections and hold high-level meetings.
