India and Bangladesh have signed a pact to make joint efforts to tackle cross-border arms smuggling and human trafficking.

India and Bangladesh have signed a pact to make joint efforts to tackle cross-border arms smuggling and human trafficking.At the end of a five-day conference on border-related crimes, India’s Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles agreed to jointly deal with trafficking of women and children, counterfeit currency and arms smuggling through a mechanism of sharing of timely actionable information by sector commanders.

“The agreement will help both BSF and BDR to deal with such matters expeditiously at ground level,” BSF Director General A.K. Mitra said after signing the deal with Shakil Ahmed, BDR’s director general.

Mitra said the two forces would make efforts toward getting and sharing of information on cross-border crimes, illegal immigration and maintenance of border pillars at the sector-commander level for better coordination and immediate action.

Mitra said sector commanders would take proactive steps to resolve the problems of the local population in border areas.The BDR chief said his force was committed to make the border secure and peaceful.”The agreement will help to end any suspicion and distrust prevailing on the ground level,” he said.

Published by Middle East  Times.