Eleven Bangladeshi nationals, together with eight ladies, two males and a 13-year-old woman who entered India illegally, have been arrested at Agartala railway station on Tuesday night time whereas making an attempt to board a practice out of the state, officers stated on Wednesday. The incident comes two days after 11 Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested on the identical railway station.
“These individuals entered Indian territory illegally and got here to Agartala railway station. They’ve confessed throughout preliminary interrogation that they have been about to board trains to Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and different cities once they have been arrested. We registered a case and produced them in a neighborhood court docket at present with a plea for remanding them to police custody for additional interrogation,” Tapas Das, Authorities Railway Police (GRP) station in-charge of Agartala railway station, stated.
The accused have been recognized as Alamin Sardar, 36; Deepa, 34; Jharna Begum, 30; Akhi Sekh, 27; Lakkhi Akter, 25; Aduri Khanam, 24; Abu Hanif Sardar, 22; Sumaya Akhtar, 18; Tumpa Haque, 18; Baisakhi, 13; and one other girl named Lakhi Akter. They arrive from Gopalganj, Khulna, Sirajganj, Chittagong, Netrokona, Narail, Siddhirganj, Jessore and Sadar districts of Bangladesh, officers stated.
On June 30, 11 Bangladeshi nationals, together with 5 ladies, have been arrested from Agartala railway station after illegally crossing the worldwide border contained in the Indian territory seeking job alternatives. The Bangladeshi nationals stated that they had deliberate to go to Odisha, Kolkata or Bengaluru seeking jobs.
Two days earlier than that, two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested at Agartala railway station earlier than they may board a practice to succeed in Karnataka. On June 26, 5 individuals, together with 4 ladies Bangladeshi nationals, have been arrested whereas they tried to depart the state from Agartala station.
Three days earlier than that, 9 Bangladeshi nationals, together with six ladies, have been arrested whereas trying to board a practice from Agartala railway station seeking job alternatives.
A sequence of arrests of drug peddlers, gun runners and human traffickers have come to mild on the Agartala railway station lately, main authorities to suspect that it’s used as a hall for trafficking.
Three Bangladeshi nationals who tried to board a practice from Tripura and transfer exterior the state have been arrested from Chandrapur Inter-State Bus Terminus on Might 30 after they didn’t board a practice and have been compelled to go to the bus depot. 5 days earlier than that, a Tripura youth was arrested together with a girl in possession of a 9 mm pistol and ammunition from Agartala railway station after they reached right here by the Jan Shatabdi Categorical. A day earlier than that, 5 Bangladeshi nationals, together with three ladies, have been arrested from the identical station whereas making an attempt to board Tripurasundari Categorical to Delhi.
Tripura shares an 856 km-long worldwide border with Bangladesh, elements of that are nonetheless unfenced because of native disputes.