Police of Dawki police station in Meghalaya state have arrested four leaders of Sylhet Awami League and Jubo League from Kolkata, India, for assaulting a truck driver, not on charges of rape.

Police in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya said that four Bangladeshis who were absconding in a criminal case have been arrested from Kolkata. All of them are involved in the politics of the Awami League and its affiliates in Bangladesh.

However, the news that there are rape allegations against them in Meghalaya is not correct, Meghalaya Police Director General Idashisha Nongrang told BBC Bangla.

Local sources in Meghalaya said that the four arrested were accused of a scuffle with truck drivers at the Dawki border in October.

They are Sylhet District Awami League General Secretary and former District Council Chairman Nasir Uddin Khan, Sylhet Metropolitan Jubo League President Alam Khan (Mukti), Vice President Abdul Latif (Ripon) and member Ilias Hossain (Jewel).

The Meghalaya Police arrested the four on Sunday (December 8) with the help of Bidhannagar Police.

The Bidhannagar Police said that they had fled Bangladesh after August 5 and were living in Meghalaya, India, after learning from the Meghalaya Police.

The four accused in a case filed by Dawki Police Station on the India-Bangladesh border took shelter in a residence in Newtown area near Kolkata. They were arrested from there on Sunday and brought to Shillong, according to the Meghalaya Police.

Meghalaya Police Director General Ms. Nongrang said that there was a case filed by Dawki Police Station against the four arrested Bangladeshis. There is no rape charge against them. The Dawki Police Station had charges against them under four sections of the Indian Penal Code and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act. He was arrested and brought from Kolkata in that case. 

Civil Society of Delhi is holding a protest march towards the Bangladesh embassy in the Indian capital Delhi in support of the Hindutva Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The procession started from Tin Murti Chowk under Chanakyapuri police station in Delhi after 12 noon on Tuesday (December 10).

BBC Bangla correspondent Shubhjyoti Ghosh said that three to four thousand people participated in the procession. Along with men of different ages, a significant number of women also joined.

However, it is not clear whether they will be allowed to go to the embassy in the end because there are barricades on the road. So they are standing in one place and chanting slogans.

Almost everyone in the protest procession is seen holding placards. The placards read several slogans such as "Save Bengal, Save Bengalis, Save Sanatan!", "Remember Bangladesh and stop the oppression! Save Bangladeshi Hindus!"

India will set up a large-scale anti-drone unit to strengthen security in the border areas to protect the country from drone threats, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said.

He said this in his speech as the chief guest at the 60th Raising Day parade of the BSF in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on Sunday (December 8).

He said that the drone threat may increase further in the coming days. Therefore, precautionary measures are being taken from now on.

Stating that this anti-drone unit has been formed in collaboration with the Border Security Force, the Ministry of Defense DRDO and various research departments of India, Amit Shah said that this anti-drone unit has been set up on the Punjab border with Pakistan. It can prevent drone infiltration by 55 percent, which is 3 percent more advanced than the previous anti-drone system.

Regarding the border with Bangladesh, the Indian Home Minister said that the Modi government has launched an Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) to monitor sensitive areas along the international border and the results of the pilot project set up in Dhubri, Assam are very encouraging.

Amit Shah also said that after some further improvements to the pilot project, the CIBMS system will be used on the border with Pakistan and Bangladesh. He said that the construction of 591 km of fencing has been completed on the border with Bangladesh. Floodlights have been installed on 1,159 km of the border and 579 observation posts including 573 border outposts have been constructed.

The Modi government has also taken up several other infrastructure projects, including strengthening the border fence, building 1,812 km of inaccessible roads on the Indian side, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said.

He said that it is impossible to meet the growing security needs of the country without the BSF. Therefore, the BSF has been increased from 25 battalions at the time of its establishment to 193 battalions now.

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, BSF Director General Daljit Singh Chowdhury and other dignitaries were present at the event.

Dhaka: Syrian rebel fighters overthrew President Bashar al-Assad after they captured Damascus unopposed, ending a 13-year civil war. The news of the fall of the al-Assad government has sent shockwaves around the world.

It is reported that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital Damascus and taken refuge in Russia with his family. This time, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has opened up on the fall of the Assad government.

Trudeau told the media outlet ‘X’ that the fall of Assad's dictatorship has brought an end to decades of brutal oppression. A new chapter in Syria, free from terrorism and suffering, can begin here.

Canada is closely monitoring the developments, he added, adding that we call for order, stability and respect for human rights.

Earlier on Sunday, President Bashar al-Assad fled the country after rebels announced they had taken control of the Syrian capital, Damascus. He left the presidential residence and fled on a plane from Damascus International Airport. According to the latest information, members of the family of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them political asylum on humanitarian grounds.