Expressing serious concerns over the Indian Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel stepping on Nepali soil with weapons in Jhapa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has urged the Indian authorities to ensure that "such incidents do not occur in future."
"While expressing serious concerns over the entry of the SSB personnel into the Nepalese territory along with weapons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged the Indian authorities, through the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, to ensure that such incidents do not occur in future," reads a press statement issued by the MoFA on Monday.
The ministry in the statement said that 13 SSB personnel with weapons entered a village at Kechna VDC Ward No 4, Khutta Muni of Jhapa district at around 7:00 am on November 29.
On November 26, a similar incident of SSB personnel entering into Nepali soil had occurred in Sunsari district. Four locals were injured when the Indian SSB personnel fired shots at them after a dispute.
On the same day, the ministry had issued a statement and urged the Indian authorities to check such incidents in the future. Not only that, the ministry had also asked the Indian embassy to investigate the matter and take strong action against those involved. It had also asked the embassy to share the findings of the investigation.
Despite the request, a group of heavily armed SSB personnel entered a village of Jhapa on Sunday. The Indian SSB personnel were briefly detained by the Nepal Police and handed over to the concerned officials of the SSB 12 Battalion, Kishangunj, India.
Meanwhile, Chief District Officers of Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari held informal talks in Biratnagar with Indian officials across the border on Monday and discussed aggressive behavior of Indian SSB personnel.
"We have asked the Indian officials not to allow such incidents in future," said Ganesh Raj Karki, CDO of Morang.
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