Three more Bangladesh nationals arrested from Agartala Railway station for illegal entry

Despite heightened vigil along the India-Bangladesh border during visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and 72nd Plenary meeting of North Eastern Council (NEC) in Agartala , infiltration from the unrest hit Bangladesh into Tripura continued and on Sunday afternoon again three more citizens of the neighbouring country were arrested by the security personnel from Agartala railway station before boarding to a long distance train.

After unrest in Bangladesh, the infiltration into the Northeastern states especially in Tripura and Assam has continued and in the last few months hundreds of Bangladesh nationals along with Rohingyas were arrested by security forces from different borders of the state.

While giving details, OC of GRP station of Agartala Railway station, Tapash Das said that a joint contingent of GRP, RPF and BSF based on secret information of Sunday afternoon managed to arrest three Bangladeshi youths before their escape bid towards a long distance train.

The Bangladeshi citizens after illegally entering Tripura were trying to board a train to go to Kolkata via Guwahati.

Das said that arrested Bangladeshi nationals were identified as Chutan Das (19) of Noakhali district of Bangladesh, Bishnu Chandra Das (20) of Noakhali district and Mohammad Malek (30) of Habiganj district of Bangladesh.

It may be recalled here that the bordering Tripura, which is a top hotspot travelling destination for human trafficking, specially for Rohingyas and Bangladesh nationals, who were illegally entered into Indian territory and moves towards other parts of the country through different means of surface communication with help of Indian and Bangladeshi touts, but many time, the alert security forces have also managed to detain them.

Officials said that all the Bangladeshis and Rohingyas illegally entered Tripura to board trains or buses to go to other states in India “in search of jobs”.