3 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Tripura while trying to board bus to Punjab

The three Bangladeshi citizens were identified as Nur Mohammad, Md Abdullah, and Asmaul Hasina.

The official also said the Bangladeshi nationals admitted to having entered India through the Comilla-Sonamura border in Tripura’s Sepahijala district.

“Someone facilitated their entry into India and left them at the Agartala Railway Station in a vehicle. But they couldn’t catch the train and had to move to Chandrapur ISBT,” the official said.

The accused were produced in a local court with a plea to remand the two men in police custody for further interrogation.

Notably, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested one Jalil Miah, who is suspected to have trafficked Bangladesh nationals and Rohingyas into India, in Sepahijala.

Sources in the state police said scores of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas illegally cross the India-Bangladesh border every month. Later, they are sent to different parts of the country along with fake documents.

Based on digital surveillance and tracking, the NIA and BSF apprehended 29 touts across the country in November and December last year. Of them, five were arrested in Tripura.