A day after the Bangladesh government summoned the Indian envoy in Dhaka, New Delhi on Monday summoned the Bangladesh Acting High Commissioner to India Nural Islam over “security measures at the border, including on fencing”. An official statement from the Ministry of External Affairs said that it was conveyed that with regard to “security measures at the border, including on fencing, India observed all protocols and agreements between the two governments and between the Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh”. The statement said that India reiterated its “commitment to ensuring a crime-free border by effectively addressing the challenges of cross-border criminal activities, smuggling, movement of criminals and trafficking”. In this context, it said that “barbed wire fencing, border lighting, installation of technical devices and cattle fences are measures for securing the border.” It said that India conveyed its “expectation that all earlier understandings will be implemented by Bangladesh and that there will be a cooperative approach to combating cross-border crimes”. On Sunday, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin had summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay …