<p>Kathmandu: Nepal on Monday stepped up security at its border with India following ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh, fearing a potential infiltration of citizens from the violence-hit country.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs instructed security agencies to adopt high alertness along the border to prevent unauthorised entry through international border areas, police said.</p>.<p>According to the police, the Home Ministry directed the security personnel deployed for border security to take extra precautions to prevent such infiltration.</p>.Bangladesh unrest triggers fear of Myanmar-like influx into Northeast; Amit Shah says not to worry.<p>"All security personnel deployed in the border areas have been instructed through circulars to closely monitor and take measures against potential illegal entries and activities from third countries,” said a senior official.</p>.<p>They have been instructed to remain high on alert from Kakarbhitta in the East to Lumbini in the West, the official said.</p>.<p>In the past, groups of Rohingyas illegally entered Nepal via the Mechi Bridge and other entry points, finally reaching Kathmandu following a military takeover in Myanmar.</p>.<p>Bangladesh descended into chaos as Prime Minister Hasina surreptitiously resigned and fled the country in a military aircraft while the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum.</p>.<p>As the news of Hasina’s departure spread, hundreds broke into her residence, vandalising and looting the interiors, providing dramatic expression to the anti-government protests that have killed more than 300 people in a fortnight. </p>
<p>Kathmandu: Nepal on Monday stepped up security at its border with India following ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh, fearing a potential infiltration of citizens from the violence-hit country.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs instructed security agencies to adopt high alertness along the border to prevent unauthorised entry through international border areas, police said.</p>.<p>According to the police, the Home Ministry directed the security personnel deployed for border security to take extra precautions to prevent such infiltration.</p>.Bangladesh unrest triggers fear of Myanmar-like influx into Northeast; Amit Shah says not to worry.<p>"All security personnel deployed in the border areas have been instructed through circulars to closely monitor and take measures against potential illegal entries and activities from third countries,” said a senior official.</p>.<p>They have been instructed to remain high on alert from Kakarbhitta in the East to Lumbini in the West, the official said.</p>.<p>In the past, groups of Rohingyas illegally entered Nepal via the Mechi Bridge and other entry points, finally reaching Kathmandu following a military takeover in Myanmar.</p>.<p>Bangladesh descended into chaos as Prime Minister Hasina surreptitiously resigned and fled the country in a military aircraft while the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum.</p>.<p>As the news of Hasina’s departure spread, hundreds broke into her residence, vandalising and looting the interiors, providing dramatic expression to the anti-government protests that have killed more than 300 people in a fortnight. </p>