Deploying foolproof technology to plug border gaps: BSF DG

Outgoing BSF DG K K Sharma Friday said the border guarding force is deploying "foolproof" smart technology tools to plug vulnerable gaps along India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh to check infiltration by illegal migrants, criminals and terrorists.

The Border Security Force (BSF) chief said they had been successful in "containing" the influx of Rohingya Muslims into India, after they fled Myanmar in large numbers.

"We have successfully contained the influx of Rohingya into India. I am happy to say that we have not allowed Rohingya into India," Sharma told reporters here.

"Also, we are deploying smart and foolproof technology solutions to plug gaps along the two borders that we guard."
Asked to comment on his recent statement that West Bengal was "slightly friendly" to the Rohingya people and had set up special camps for about 70 such families, the DG said, "It was a statement of fact."