Home secretary to hold virtual talks with Indian counterpart, discuss border security issues

Bangladesh home secretary Mostafa Kamal Uddin and his Indian counterpart Ajay Bhalla will discuss various security issues including crime at Bangladesh-India borders through video conferencing on Saturday, reports Indian news agency ANI.

During the interaction, the two secretaries will discuss various security issues including crime at Indo-Bangladesh borders, reports the agency quoting sources.

It also said both top internal security officers will have a detailed discussion on drugs, terrorism and other threats of national security.

Sources in the ministry further said issues like fake currency, cattle smuggling and other visa issues are likely discussed in the meeting.

This meeting will be held ahead of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh next month.

A meeting between these two officials has been rescheduled last year after countries raised Covid-19 related concerns.

Sources claimed that few more meetings at a different level is also scheduled before Modi’s visit.

Bhalla at a police K9 seminar on Thursday said earlier the national security was limited only to military and defence capabilities, but now in today’s time, it is no longer limited to that.

He said the gap between internal security and external threats is decreasing and terrorism, drug smuggling and arms ammunition have increased the scope of internal security.