Nepali security officials held talks with their Indian counterparts on controlling security problems along the Nepal-India border.

As part of the community security strengthening project to reduce the armed violence on the border, the City Security Committee at Dodhara in Kanchanpur on Monday held talks with Inspector Balbir Singh of India’s Seema Suraksha Bal [Indian border security force] based at Naujaliya. Nepali side was led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Subendra Singh based at Matatanda police beat, Nepali security officials said.

Inspector Kamal Baduwal – coordinator of the security committee and chief of the Area Police Office at Dodhara – and Amir Tiruwal – facilitator of the project – also participated in the meeting from Nepali side.

After the meeting, DSP Singh said that the talks focused on controlling crime, human trafficking and smuggling of arms on the border. RSS