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Certain elements who do not want to see peace in India are using its open borders, especially that with Nepal, to enter the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said at an event of border guarding force SSB. Addressing the troops and officers of the force during their 56th Raising Day celebrations, Shah said in the last one year 54 “infiltrators”, including two Pakistanis, have been nabbed at this border.
These infiltrators were from 24 countries apart from Pakistan, he said.The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is tasked with guarding the 1,751-km long frontier with Nepal and Bhutan.Shah said India enjoys very “cordial and friendly” relations with Nepal and Bhutan and the border force has ensured that people from these nations are treated with “respect” at these fronts.“But, as travelling across the globe has become easier, elements from those countries who do not want peace in India have been using the Nepal border to infiltrate into the country,” the home minister said.
