8 Bangladeshi nationals detained from Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport
Tripura Police arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals including two children from Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala on Wednesday. The detained Bangladeshi nationals were identified by the police as Lucky Akhtar, Seema Khara, Mohammad Sohagi Akhtar, Rehena Sheikh, Fatema Aktar.
The police stated that they received information, on the basis of the information police personnel from Agartala Airport Police Station rushed to the spot and detained them.
After the preliminary investigation, they admitted that they entered into the Indian territory in Tripura by illegally crossing the Narayan border with the help of Indian Linemen for which they paid Rs 12000 of Bangladesh currency for each. The Indian Linemen namely Bimal also provided them fake Indian identity cards and Aadhar cards in exchange of Rs 1000 of Bangladesh currency per card, said police.
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.
