Three Bangladeshi women arrested from Agartala railway station

By  Firstdespatch Desk   Nov 12, 2024

Agartala, Nov 12 (FD) Three Bangladeshis were nabbed  from Agartala railways station on Indian Passport act for illegally entering Indian territory without any valid travel documents, police said on Tuesday.

Police said when the Bangladeshis were moving suspiciously, police spoke to them and did not find any valid document from their possession. They were planning to go to New Delhi by Rajdhani Express.

Officer in Charge (OC), Agartala GRP police station, Tapas Das said, acting on a tip-off a  joint team of GRP and BSF intensified surveillance at the platform and detained the three women on Monday evening.

"During interrogation, they confessed that they crossed the international border on Sunday night to go to New Delhi through Tripura," he said.

"Some Bangladeshi currency and documents were also recovered from their possession. All the three women were arrested for entering Indian soil without valid documents," he said.

Highly placed intelligence sources said that after visa restrictions by Indian authorities following turmoil on August 5 last and subsequent instable condition in the neighbouring country illegal migration is on the rise. FD JK