Red alert along Benapole border to check rawhide smuggling
Benapole: The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has issued a red alert along the border areas here for a month so that the rawhides to be generated during Friday's Eid-ul-Azha cannot be smuggled out of the country.
The BGB on Thursday morning imposed a restriction on the movement of all kinds of vehicle, including rawhide-carrying ones, in the border areas of Jessore, Benapole, Putkhali and the areas under BGB-23 battalion, urging the frontier villagers to remain alert in this regard.
Lt Col Abdur Rahim, commanding officer of BGB-23 battalion, said the BGB members have already started their patrol along the border.
The restriction will remain in force until further instruction.
Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on Friday.