Shillong, Oct 17: Social activist Greneth M Sangma has asked South Garo Hills administration to ensure safety and security of residents and travellers along the Indo-Bangla border.
He also wanted action against wholesalers involved in illegal smuggling of sugar to Bangladesh.
He wrote a letter to the deputy commissioner of the district on the need to have security in the border and to increase the strength of the BSF.
The demand is in the aftermath of an incident on Wednesday at Netri, where two travellers on bikes were blocked, threatened, and robbed by dacoits from Bangladesh near the Netri BSF Camp. The perpetrators, armed with dao/knives, took away a Pulsar bike, leaving the victims shaken.
Sangma said wholesalers are selling and smuggling sugar through Baghmara Bazar, taking advantage of the tense situation and relations with Bangladesh.
“I request that you take immediate action to stop this smuggling and hold wholesalers accountable for selling illegally. If they continue these activities, their licenses should be cancelled,” he said.
Sangma stressed the need to investigate the wholesalers involved in smuggling sugar.
“Verify the source of their sugar stocks and take legal action against those found involved by cancelling their licenses besides increasing surveillance and monitoring in Baghmara Bazar”, he said.
File photo: BSF with seized sugar in border
