4 Bangladeshi nationals arrested at Agartala rail stn
In yet another major crackdown on illegal infiltration, the police of GRP and Railway Protection Force on Tuesday detained four Bangladeshi nationals from Agartala Railway Station while attempting to board a train for Kolkata.
The officer in-charge of the GRP station at Agartala Tapas Das informed that acting on a tip off regarding movement of infiltrators by train, the GRP and the RPF conducted an operation at Agartala rail station on Tuesday and detained four Bangladeshi nationals from the station. They were supposed to board a train for Kolkata, he told reporters.
The arrested Bangladeshi nationals have been identified as MD Saidul Islam, Akbar Ali, MD Mainul Islam and Akram Haque. During interrogation, the Bangladeshi national confessed that they had illegally entered Indian territory from Bangladesh.
We launched a hunt to track down the ‘Agents’ who are facilitating the infiltration of the people from Bangladesh. The agents locally known as ‘Linemen’ are active in specific border areas marked for the intrusion from across the border. The places are fenced and guarded, but the ‘Linemen’ have the access and the ability to transfer the people through safe corridors in lieu of money. Most of the infiltration bids occurred during the night and the Agents arranged ladders on both sides of the fencing to smuggle men and women who pay for the service, said the cop.
