According to the officials, the two sides are expected to discuss a number of issues related to border management including steps to be taken to stop incidents of assault and attacks on BSF personnel and civilians by Bangladeshi criminals, jointly checking crimes like smuggling of goods and fake Indian currency, improving the coordinated border management plan (CBMP) and checking illegal construction activities along the border fence, among other things.The BSF guards the 4,096-km-long Indian border with Bangladesh.The DG-level border talks were an annual feature between 1975 and 1992, but were later made bi-annual and since 1993 both sides have alternatively been travelling to each other’s national capitals. Last time the talks were held in Delhi.According to the data available with the force, more than 3,342 Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended by the BSF along the border in 2023, the highest number in the last six years.A total of 77 BSF personnel were injured in attacks by Bangladeshi and Indian miscreants last year as compared to 43 and 64 such incidents in 2022 and 2021 respectively, it showed.
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