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The Armed Police Force (APF) has set up a number of temporary posts at the Nepal-India border in order to strictly implement lockdown and stop illegal entry via border.
The APF tightened security at the porous border in Jahpa district establishing additional 58 temporary posts. The APF already had eight such posts in the district bordering India over 144 km.
"The posts are just makeshift ones," said Superintendent of the Armed Police at Bhadrapur, Umesh Kumar Thaksu. The APF post is able to curb crimes such as poaching, drug trafficking, and illegal entry of people. Thaksu further said, "The APF increased alertness on the border as people have died of COVID-19 in India's Bihar and West Bengal bordering Nepal."
There were already 250 security persons on duty and the number is increased by 100 now. "Since the lockdown, it was reported that 26 persons entered Nepal via Bahundangi, Bhadrapur, Kechana, Gaurigunj, Taghandubba, among others. They have been taken under control and kept in quarantine," said Krishna Prasad Koirala, Superintendent of Nepal Police at the district.
As the locals have been made aware, they have started informing the police, which helps to trace people. Meanwhile, with reports of poaching and wildfire, the Division Forest Office Jhapa has banned people from entering the forest. Office chief Bishnu Lal Ghimire informed that the people's entry into the community and lease forests was banned after wildfire and poaching reports.
