Tension prevailed along the Bharat-bangladesh border in Tripura’s Unakoti district on the 27th of January, Monday after a clash between the farmers of two villages on the border of the two countries, according to the local sources.
The BSF and the police officials said the villagers of Bharat and Bangladesh clashed among themselves over the issue of farming in cropland in the border village of Hirachhara in Kailashahar Sub-division on Sunday evening.
According to the officials, two farmers of Bharat and a Bangladeshi farmer were injured in the clash before the BSF jawans intervened. As per the locals, injured Bharatiya farmers are Karim Ali(280 and Jamir Ali(34). Both brothers were severely assaulted with sharp weapons and iron rods by a group of 10-12 Bangladeshi nationals. The attack left them critically injured.
The incident occurred when the two brothers, who cultivate betel leaves and paddy on their land near the zero line of the border, had gone for farming on Sunday morning. They found that their crops were mostly damaged. They immediately informed the matter to the BSF jawans posted in the area.
However, while returning home in the evening, they were allegedly threatened by the Bangladeshi nationals not to go to their land. They protested. Then, Bangladeshi citizens from the Murui Chhara area of the Moulavibazar district of Bangladesh, armed with sharp weapons and iron rods, attacked them.
Sunday’s incident occurred within three weeks after Bangladeshi smugglers attacked BSF jawans at the Maguruli border and attempted to snatch their arms on the 7th of January.
