14 Bangladeshis including children and women were caught in the country
Agartala: Tripura Police arrested 14 people on Sunday. Officials said that all of them are Bangladeshis who were entering India illegally. Just four days ago, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested at least 25 people in Assam and Tripura as part of a nationwide raid against human trafficking and infiltration.
A senior police officer said 14 Bangladeshi nationals, including four women and four children, were arrested from a house in Sabroom, a border town in southern Tripura.
“The Bangladeshi nationals entered southern Tripura illegally on Saturday and stayed at the house of an Indian national in Baishnabpur village of Sabroom subdivision. The Bangladeshis told police that they were trying to go to Bengaluru in search of jobs. We are investigating his claims.”
Two Indians were also arrested, including the owner of the house where they stayed on Saturday night. He said that the police, along with the Border Security Force (BSF), are investigating the illegal entry of foreign nationals, who will soon be produced in the local court.
Earlier, the NIA, along with Assam Police, had on November 8 arrested 25 people – 21 in Tripura and 5 in Assam – for their alleged involvement in human trafficking and infiltration. The arrested persons have been taken out of the state for questioning and further legal action.
The NIA, along with other security agencies, had conducted raids in Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Telangana and Haryana on November 8.
NIA has caught and arrested a total of 44 operatives from these eight states. Senior security officials said a large number of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas were arrested from Tripura and Assam during this year and last year and during interrogation of infiltrators it was found that they helped illegal immigrants enter India through clandestine routes. Went. Indian brokers and middlemen are playing a major role in human trafficking. During the investigation it was also revealed that brokers are present not only on both sides of the India-Bangladesh border but also on the mainland of the country.
