Police arrested 29 Bangladeshi nationals in Agartala for illegal entry

By  Firstdespatch Desk   Aug 01, 2024

Agartala, Aug 1(FD) Six Bangladeshi women and their two children were nabbed near the Maharaja Bir Bikram airport in Agartala for sneaking into the Indian territory without any valid travel documents, the police said on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of police nabbed them and following preliminary investigation they came to know that they entered India in search of jobsthe officer in-charge of the Airport police station. After their preliminary interrogation, the police came to know that they were planning to leave for other states in the country.

Recently 23 Bangladeshi nationals, including a tout, were arrested from Agartala Railway Station for illegally entering India.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested the Bangladeshi nationals while they were trying to board a train to move to other states. In the preliminary interrogation, they revealed that they entered India in search of jobs.

A few days ago, two Indian touts were arrested from the Agartala Railway Station and were charged under the Foreigners’ Act and the International Passport Act
A huge number of Bangladeshis and Rohingya persons have been arrested at the Agartala Railway Station and different parts of Tripura in the last few weeks while they were trying to board trains or vehicles to move out of the state.

A series of arrests of drug peddlers, gun runners, and human traffickers too came to light recently at the Agartala Railway Station, which the authorities suspect is used as a corridor for trafficking.

The Border Security Force has intensified its operation against touts and trans-border criminals in order to clamp down on the influx of Bangladeshi nationals and smuggling of contraband items in Tripura. FD JK