By NNN-BSS,
Sylhet (Bangladesh) : A high level meeting between Bangladesh and Indian border guards got underway Wednesday on Tamabil frontier here to defuse border tension sparked by shootouts earlier this week.
Officials said deputy director general of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Brigadier General Mohammad Obaidul Haque and inspector general of Border Security Force (BSF) of India Pritvi Raj were leading their respective delegations in the talks at the district council Dak Banglo at Tamabil. The meeting began at 12.15pm.
BDR officials said the meeting came as the frontier guards traded gunshots on Feb 4 when a BDR soldier was injured while the shootout erupted again on Feb 14 injuring three Bangladeshi labourers.
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