Dhaka, May 17 -- Amid rising instances of people being driven into Bangladesh across various borders from India, Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said these "push-ins" do not necessarily exhibit provocative intentions by India as such incidents were common during his tenure as chief of the country's border security force.

Jahangir made the remarks in response to questions from reporters after inaugurating the third floating border outpost (BOP) at the confluence of Roymongol River and Boyesing Canal under Shyamnagar Upazila in Satkhira on Saturday.

On Sunday, India's Border Security Force (BSF) pushed a group of 78 "Bengali-speaking" across the border into Bangladesh and left them on Mandarbaria shoal in Satkhira before they wer...