4 Bangladeshi infiltrators ‘headed’ to Bengaluru arrested in Tripura

“During the interrogation, they admitted that they were from Bangladesh. They were identified as Md Hanif, Yusuf Ali, Parul Begum, and Jasmine Akhter. A case has been registered against them for illegally crossing the border,” an official said.

One of the arrested Bangladeshi nationals told media persons that the situation in Bangladesh has become dire following the regime change last month and there is an acute lack of employment opportunities in the neighbouring country.

“An agent brought us here late at night two days ago. We did not know which part of Tripura we crossed into. But we were supposed to leave for Bengaluru on a train Saturday,” the Bangladeshi national said.

He further said that the human traffickers dropped them in front of the railway station and went away. They were waiting near the railway station when the police picked them up.

On Tuesday, the body of a 16-year-old Bangladeshi girl was found with a bullet wound near a border outpost in Kailashahar under Tripura’s Unakoti district. Her body was handed over to Bangladeshi authorities after a post-mortem examination.

The deceased was identified as Swarna Das of the Moulvibazar district of Bangladesh.

According to sources, she was part of a large group trying to flee Bangladesh.