Major General Harsha Kakar

kakarharsha@gmail.com

The Indian army’s Eastern Command recently established three new military stations in and around the vital Chicken’s neck, which links the country with the North East. The military stations are located at Bamuni (near Dhubri), Kishanganj, and Chapra. The intent is to monitor the Bangladesh border, enable rapid deployment in case of security concerns as also closer coordination with the BSF. The Chicken’s neck is 17 kms wide at its narrowest between Nepal and Bangladesh.

Deploying armed forces in the vicinity of the IB with Bangladesh was unthinkable prior to the overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina regime. Such was the confidence between the two states that Indian army personnel never went close to the IB. Indo-Bangladesh army relations were co

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