Overview

• The state has formally asked the Union Home Affairs Ministry to persuade Bangladesh to allow fencing nearer the zero line, aiming to secure villages that would otherwise fall into a no man’s land under the 150-yard rule.
• Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said the move responds to an armed incursion in Rongdangai village by a gang allegedly led by a Bangladesh Police constable, which involved assault and looting.
• Meghalaya submitted a detailed incident and arrest report to the MHA after security forces detained several suspects and one principal accused escaped back into Bangladesh.
• Joint combing operations by the BSF, Meghalaya Police and Village Defence Parties have sealed exit routes and intensified patrols across the East Jaintia Hills to Garo Hills sectors.
• Under the 1975 India-Bangladesh guidelines, fence structures must be built 150 yards inside territory and require Dhaka’s consent, a provision that Bangladesh has previously challenged.