"As you know, about eight to 10 lakh Rohingyas (after fleeing Myanmar) have entered Bangladesh. We have successfully prevented their illegal influx in the country (India)," Sharma said.
The BSF DG further said that his jawans have successfully controlled the infiltration of Rohingya Muslims into India. However, he added that the real concern is about those Rohingya Muslims who are already living in India.
About 15 response teams of the border guarding force are also running shelters, food camps and medical assistance facilities or the affected people.
The incident took place when a group of people had assembled in the middle of the dry river, which is a popular picnic spot.
The 16-minute video was part of a report submitted by a one-member commission which was tasked by the Supreme Court in 2015 to study the on-ground reality of infiltration in Assam through Bangladesh.
A police official said the deceased was around 24 years of age and some Pakistani currency was recovered from his possession.
The incident took place late on Wednesday night in the area of Border outpost Channa in Gurdaspur sector.
Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and the bodies of the deceased were brought to the headquarter of BSF's 114 battalion in Pakhanjore.
One Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, was arrested from Anantnag town after he tried to snatch away a private security guard's weapon late on Thursday from outside a protected Gujjar leader's house.
A BSF chopper carrying top CRPF officials deployed in anti-Naxal operations made an emergency landing in Aurangabad district of Bihar today after developing a technical problem
The special train left for Jammu with 83 soldiers in West Bengal on Wednesday. During a halt at Mughalsarai railway station, the soldiers were counted and it was found out that 10 were missing.
According to officials sources, Pakistani Rangers targeted Indian soldiers with small weapons.
Security forces have so far been using sensor devices, flood lights and night vision goggles to guard the international border. The laser walls would further help in plugging gaps and check infiltration bid in the "vulnerable" areas.
The meeting comes after Pakistani troops once again targeted Indian posts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and killed two BSF personnel, including an officer, on Sunday.
After killing two BSF jawans on Sunday intermittent firing took place between the two sides for sometime in the morning
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Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire thrice yesterday, a day after full implementation of 2003 ceasefire pact earnestly in a bid to ensure peace on both the International Border and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, as per Pakistan's request.
The clashes, which lasted almost eight hours, forced the authorities to shift civilians from border villages in Pargwal and Kanachak sub-sectors to safer places out of the line of fire, with police using bulletproof vehicles in at least 30 villages.
At least 13 civilians have been injured in the firing. "We are fully prepared to face any situation. Thirteen civilians are injured but their morale is high, we have made full arrangements to vacate people from vulnerable areas," IGP Jammu SD Singh told media.
About 8-10 Pakistani rangers are believed to be shot dead, and over 12 injured since Friday. Several Pakistani posts were also destroyed.
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