India, Bangladesh farmers clash at International Border

Farmers from the bordering areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh clashed on Saturday (Janauary 18, 2025) at the Sukhdebpur border outpost in Malda district. This incident occurred when some Indian farmers, like on normal days, had gone to their fields near their International Border.

It was at the same border outpost that differences between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) had surfaced over fencing a few days ago.

“Indian farmers accused Bangladeshi farmers working in the fields across the border of stealing the crop, due to which an argument started between the farmers of both the countries. The incident took a serious turn when farmers from both sides started gathering in large numbers and started abusing and pelting stones at each other,” a press statement issued by the South Bengal Frontier of the BSF said.