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 touts, but many time, the alert security forces have also managed to detain them.

In its latest edition, the Government Railway Police along with other sister agencies  on Thursday  managed to arrest two Indian human traffickers  involved with human trafficking of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi.

Giving details the officer-in-charge (OC) of Government Railway police (GRP), Agartala station, Tapash  Das said that based on secret information over the movements of two  human traffickers residents of  bordering parts of Agartala were arrested from Agartala railway station for their involvement in facilitating the illegal immigration of Bangladeshi nationals into the Indian territory.

The men were identified as Biplab Malakar, a resident of Sidhai under West Tripura district and Bishal Datta, resident of South Golaghati under  Takharjala police station of Sepahijala district were booked under Foreigners’ Act and International Passport Act and presented them  before the court for their police custody on Friday, said Tapash Das.

“On the basis of secret information, a team of Government Railway police, Railway Protection Force, and BSF arrested these men, who were also wanted in another case, as they entered Agartala railway station,” said Das and added that he cannot share more details of arrested traffickers as the matter is under investigation.

He hoped that during interrogation, they will have vital information over the human trafficking network running from the borders of the state and will burst the entire network.

A large number of Bangladeshi and Rohingya people were arrested from Agartala railway station and different parts of Tripura in the last few months while they were trying to board trains or vehicles out of the state.

Amid a surge in infiltration of Bangladesh nationals, Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha held a meeting with top brass of Border Security Force (BSF) earlier this month and asked them to maintain tight vigil across the border and take strict action against those involved in the infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals into Indian territory.

Subsequently, the BSF has  also strengthen their vigil in the sensitive border outposts and a series of special operations were launched to crack down on the network of touts and smugglers in the border areas, apart from intensifying anti-trafficking operations to put a stop on the influx of Bangladeshi nationals and smuggling of contraband items in Tripura.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested several traffickers from Tripura in connection with a case registered in Assam’s Guwahati last year for involvement in human trafficking of Bangladeshi and Rohingyas into Indian territory.

Tripura shares 856-km-long international border with Bangladesh, parts of which are still unfenced due to local disputes.