Four Rohingyas and 3 Indian touts arrested for illegal entry

Despite  tight security along the India-Bangladesh border, the infiltration from the unrest hit Bangladesh into Tripura continues and unabated  and again on Saturday four young Rohingyas and three Indian  human traffickers  (tout) were arrested by the Border Security Forces from North Tripura and Unakoti districts.

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.

During the past few weeks, dozens of Bangladeshis, Rohingyas and human traffickers (Touts) were arrested from different parts of the state by security forces.

BSF sources said that the Intelligence wing of the border guards managed to detain four Rohingyas and included an Indian tour from Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) of Dharmanagar before their escape bid towards other states of the country.

Detained Rohingyas were identified as  Mantaju Hoq (37) , Jahid Alam (32) with two young girls who were from Rohingya refugee camps  of Bangladesh. Arrested Indian tout was identified as Abdul Hoque and on Saturday afternoon, all detained foreigners and tout were handed over to Dharmanagar police for further legal proceedings.

In another incident, BSF jawans posted at Yakub Nagar under Kailashahar subdivision detained three Indian citizens and a tout, where they tried to enter Bangladeshi's territory from the Indian border site.

Detained Indian nationals were identified as Samarjit Chandra Das (50) and his wife Swapna Bala Das (47) and  Rabindra Kumar Das (65) of Hojai district of Assam. India tout was identified as Sahim Miah (24) of Dharmanagar.

The Bangladeshi citizens after illegally entering Tripura were trying to board a train or bus to go to other states of the country in search of jobs

Later, BSF handed over them to Dharmanagar and Kailashahar police stations and police has registered a specific case under sections of the Passports Act, the Foreigners Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and all arrested foreigners and Indian tout will be produced before a local court on Sunday  for further legal proceedings.