Overview
- A border guard officer told AFP that units were asked to examine using snakes and crocodiles at unguarded river stretches of the India–Bangladesh border.
- Authorities instructed field teams to submit feasibility reports as soon as possible.
- Officials called the idea innovative but flagged major hurdles, including safety risks and how to procure and manage the reptiles.
- The review will also look at how the animals’ presence could affect people who live along the border rivers.
- No deployment has been approved, and Der Spiegel compared the review to a Trump-era 'Alligator Alcatraz' idea in Florida within a tougher migration context under Narendra Modi.