Within a span of 48 hours, again 11 more Bangladesh nationals including women and children were arrested from Agartala Railway station before their boarding to a long distance train, who were illegally entered into India.

Earlier, on Saturday evening 11 Bangladeshi including five women were arrested from Agartala Railway station.

With the arrest of 11 Bangladeshi on Sunday, altogether 83 Bangladeshi nationals, mostly women, were arrested in Tripura in less than two months and all the trespassers entered into India through clandestine routes and in search of jobs in other parts of the country.

Speaking to media persons, officer-in-charge (OC) Government Railway Police Station at Agartala Railway Station,  Tapash Das said in the month of June, a total of 39 Bangladeshi were arrested including five kids. The police have also arrested five Indian touts or human traffickers for direct involvement with trafficking of Bangladesh nationals into Indian territory.

The Agartala railway station, which has become a hot destination for Bangladesh nationals, who were sneaking into Indian territory and through passenger train services, they managed to enter different big cities of the country with help of human traffickers. Sometime, due to vigilant duties of Government Railway Police (GRP) and other security forces, they were detained from different parts of Tripura. But, main concern is that despite barbed wire fencing along Indo-Bangla border with Tripura and constant deployment of BSF, how groups of Bangladesh nationals managed to sneak into Indian territory without any valid documents.

Tapash Das said that based on secret information over movement of Bangladesh nationals, GRP and RPF acted promptly and managed detain 11 Bangladeshi including women and their children on Sunday (June 30)  evening,  who were illegally entered India and were trying to board a train towards their destinations for different big cities of the country.

According to preliminary investigation, the women had plans to go to Kolkata first, then will board trains for their other destinations, said Das.

Police have also seized a few mobile phones, some Indian and Bangladesh currencies along with some documents of Bangladesh.

The arrested Bangladeshi nationals were produced in a local court on Monday with charges of violating the Foreigners Act.