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The Bangladesh-India border occasionally heated up with cattle smuggling. The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has shot dead many Bangladeshi citizens under the guise of smugglers. But this time, a recent investigation by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has revealed a different picture. The BSF itself and the country’s customs department have been seen to aid in the smuggling of livestock in exchange for huge sums of money. Several people, including a BSF jawan, have been arrested in the incident. They were detained on Monday by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
A few days ago, the BSF said in a statement that the Bangladesh Border Security Force (BGB) was involved in the smuggling of livestock on the Indo-Bangladesh border. Bangladesh, however, denied the accusations and blamed India. However, the new CBI investigation has yielded all the surprising information. It has been observed that many Indian customs and BSF officials at the border are directly involved in cattle smuggling. An arrest warrant was also issued for a BSF officer on Wednesday. Similar accusations have been made against BSF officials before. Many have also been arrested.
According to the IWC, the cattle were smuggled in a graceful manner. According to the rules, BSF has to catch cows at the border. The records show how many traffickers they have arrested in a month and how many cows have been recovered. BSF does it regularly. After the game starts.
In Malda, Murshidabad and other parts of the state, the BSF converted confiscated cows into calves. The calf on the register, but actually the adult cow, is brought to market. There the cows are auctioned as calves. That is, it sells for very little money. Those who buy these cows are basically traffickers. The auction is carried out in such a way that the confiscated cows reach the hands of the traffickers.
At each auction, the accused BSF officers received 2,000 rupees per cow. 500 were handed over to customs department officials. The smugglers then brought the cows to the other side of the border. The second time your cows are no longer captured.
According to CBI sources, smuggling has been going on for a long time on the Malda-Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas border. A few days ago, CBI agents conducted searches in various places in the state. There have also been raids in various places in the state of Vienna. An FIR has been registered against a BSF officer and several cattle dealers. The name of the accused BSF officer is Satish Kumar. He was the Commander of the 37th Battalion of the BSF. His Salt Lake home has been sealed. It also has more homes in the state of Vienna.
Although stationed in Malda, Satish has worked on the long border of the Malda Murshidabad region. It was at this time that he became involved in cattle smuggling. His son also participated in the same work.
An FIR has also been filed against Satish and several cattle traffickers.
According to CBI sources, Satish worked on the border for about 18 months between 2015 and 2016. At that time he was directly involved in the smuggling of some 20,000 cows. He has made a great deal of money from it.
Earlier, a BSF officer was arrested on the same charge. He is now out on bail. Satish’s name is derived from him. More customs officials and BSF are now in the custody of the IWC.
This is not the end. Recently, sources at the NIA and CBI said there were more horrible transactions involving the smuggling of livestock. There are reports that cattle dealers are also involved in arms smuggling. The NIA has learned about various methods of trafficking. There have also been reports in some quarters that traffickers were involved with the JMB. However, the CBI did not agree to give details about it.
There has been a long-standing dispute on the Indo-Bangladesh border over cattle smuggling. A few days ago, some Bangladeshi citizens were beaten to death in Assam for being cattle dealers. But now it is seen that the BSF itself is associated with all this. Everyone has known this for a long time, but now the issue has come up in the government’s own investigation. Source: DW
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