Indian Border Security Force (BSF) admitted that they are using Stun Grenades & Pepper Spray on refuge seeking Rohingya near Mizoram border. Indian state Mizoram shares border with neighboring Bangladesh and Myanmar and Rohingya are also trying to enter India to save their lives after the military crackdown started in Myanmar.
A senior official of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Delhi said:
“We don’t want to cause any serious injury or arrest them,
but we won’t tolerate Rohingya on Indian soil.“
He also said, “We’re using grenades containing chilli spray to stop hundreds of Rohingyas trying to enter India.
Another official, Deputy Inspector General of BSF R.P.S. Jaswal said that his troops were ordered to use both chilli grenades and stun grenades to push back the Rohingya to Myanmar.
Moreover, Hindu nationalist government of India acting hostile towards the Rohingya in India. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh declared deportation of approximately 40,000 Rohingya who are living in some Indian States from generations whom Rajnath Singh marked as illegal immigrants. He also claimed that Government of India has proof of these Rohingyas link with Pakistan-based militants. Delhi police official Pramod Singh Khuswah stated,
“Our investigations have revealed that al-Qaeda wants to use
India and Bangladesh as their base to start a religious war
against Myanmar, Clearly they are a threat to our security.”
Bangladeshi Prime Minister at UNGA
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivered her judgment on neighboring Myanmar’s crack down on Rohingyas at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) as she promised before. She Said,
“I have come here just after seeing the hungry,
distressed, and hopeless Rohingyas from Myanmar.
We are currently sheltering over 800,000 forcibly displaced
Rohingyas from the Rakhine State of Myanmar.”
She also demanded to create ‘Safe Zones’ in Myanmar for these ethnic people and also said “Myanmar is forcibly driving out the Rohingya Muslims through a planned and organised process. First, they were excluded from the list of recognized ethnic groups of Myanmar. Then in 1982, they were denied their right to citizenship. Later, they were sent to IDP camps in their own country. We want to see an end to the ‘ethnic cleansing’.”