“All the arrested Bangladeshis are residents of Moulvibazar and Sylhet districts of the neighbouring country,” a Border Security Force (BSF) official said. | Photo Credit: PTI
“Five Bangladeshis and two Rohingyas, who had entered Tripura without valid documents, were arrested from two different areas of the northeastern state,” police said on Sunday (September 1, 2024).
A senior official said, “Acting on a tip-off, Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel detained two persons from Agartala station on Friday (August 30, 2024).”
“During interrogation, both men admitted that they were prisoners at the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp in the neighbouring country,” he said.
“Ramzan Ali and Ajeeda Begum crossed the international border and planned to go to Kolkata by train,” said Tapas Das, officer-in-charge (OC) of Agartala GRP police station.
In another incident, five Bangladeshi infiltrators and two suspected Indian brokers were arrested in Dhalai district on Saturday (August 31, 2024).
“All the arrested Bangladeshis are residents of Maulvibazar and Sylhet districts of the neighbouring country,” a Border Security Force (BSF) official said.
“The Bangladeshi nationals had entered India without valid documents and both the Indians are believed to be actively involved in facilitating illegal migration,” he said.