New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Border tensions between India and Bangladesh have escalated since August 5, when former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India, with Bangladesh border forces opposing previously agreed construction work at multiple locations along the international boundary, officials aware of the matter have said.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has halted Border Security Force (BSF) construction at "6-7 different places" in North and South Bengal frontiers where work was mutually agreed upon under the previous government, officials said on condition of anonymity.
"Each work was discussed between the two border guarding forces and mutually agreed. The approvals were taken during the regime of the previous government. But since Aug...