New Delhi, June 12 -- The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has placed armed village defence volunteers at more than a dozen spots across the international border in West Bengal and Tripura, BSF personnel on the ground said on Wednesday, the move coming amid mounting crackdown on undocumented immigrants from the neighbouring country and a policy of pushing back people suspected of dubious citizenship.

Over the last week, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at different locations in West Bengal and Tripura reported multiple sightings of Bangladeshi villagers assisting BGB personnel on their side of the border and keeping an eye on the fencing work that has started in nine different districts of West Bengal.

BSF personnel reported these si...