The Border Security Force (BSF) deployed in Belonia Sub-division under South District of Tripura has detained five Bangladeshi nationals.
As per BSF press statement on 18th July based on specific info a special operation was launched by BSF in the border area of Belonia in which 05 Bangladeshi including three female, one male and one boy, were apprehended while trying to illegally enter into Indian territory.
The Bangladeshi nationals identified as Nazima Begum, 40, Salma Begum, 50, Nazima Begum, 28, Yasim sheikh, 11, Md Akhter, 34, who all are residents of district Madaripur and Barisal in Bangladesh.
“All of them are in the possession of Indian identity documents like Aadhar, PAN etc and were heading towards different parts in Delhi. BSF is further questioning them. BSF has recently stepped up surveillance on the suspected touts and monitoring their activities in order to check the infiltration. Special emphasis is on to crack the nexus of touts, facilitators and providing the shelter logistics and fake documents for easy and unchecked movement in the hinterland”, said BSF.
They further said that BSF is cracking down heavily on the illegal migration by Bangladeshi nationals and has stepped up vigil in the border area.
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