Northeast Desk, 20th May: In a coordinated operation, Tripura Police, in collaboration with the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF), have detained eight Bangladeshi nationals from two separate locations within the state over the past 24 hours.
Tripura, which shares an 856 km-long international border with Bangladesh, has been vigilant in monitoring cross-border activities. Khowai Sub-divisional Police Officer Pushan Majumder reported that they had received intelligence about five Bangladeshi nationals traveling from Ashrambari village in the Khowai district to Agartala.
“Acting on this tip-off, we intensified security at Naka checkpoints and successfully detained the individuals. During preliminary interrogation, they admitted to entering India with the intention of traveling to Shantirbazar in the South District. We have confiscated both Bangladeshi and Indian currency from them,” Majumder stated.
The detainees, identified as Bablu Das, Litan Das, Pankaj Sarkar, Piklu Sarkar, and Gopal Das, are all residents of Khadirpur in Bangladesh.
In a separate incident at Agartala Railway Station, three Bangladeshi nationals were detained while attempting to travel illegally to Ahmedabad in search of work.
“Based on information, we detained three Bangladeshi women at the Agartala Railway Station. They had entered Tripura illegally. A case has been registered at Agartala GRP Police Station, and they will be produced before the court,” said a source from the GRP.
The authorities continue to investigate the circumstances of their entry and any potential networks facilitating such illegal crossings.
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