Jalpaiguri: Largely outnumbered by illegal Bangladeshi sand excavators, BSF personnel had to hurl smoke grenades at Bhotbari in Cooch Behar’s Mekhliganj block on Sunday. A video of the incident has since gone viral.According to sources, around 30 armed Bangladeshis allegedly infiltrated into Indian territory late Saturday afternoon and were excavating sand from Saniajan river. On being informed, BSF personnel from the 62 Battalion posted at the Koshi border outpost reached the spot and got into the river to drive the infiltrators away.The Bangladeshis, at least four times the BSF contingent’s number, attacked the jawans with bamboo sticks and rods. The jawans hurled smoke grenades, chasing the infiltrators away.
