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Agartala, Oct 19 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) in Tripura on Sunday apprehended 11 Bangladeshi nationals and 10 Rohingya migrants, including five children, in two separate operations. The officers provided this information.
A BSF spokesperson said that amid tight security measures during the festival season, BSF Tripura Frontier has increased its surveillance along the India-Bangladesh border.
In a coordinated operation on Sunday, BSF troops apprehended 21 illegal infiltrators – 11 Bangladeshi nationals and 10 Rohingya migrants – from various locations in Tripura.
Based on specific intelligence inputs, BSF teams detected suspicious activity at Agartala Railway Station, where 11 persons were found to be Bangladeshi nationals who had entered India illegally and were attempting to travel to other parts of India by train.
In a separate operation in North Tripura district, alert BSF personnel stopped 10 Rohingya illegal immigrants, including women and children, who were attempting to enter Bangladesh, the spokesperson said.
He said preliminary inquiries revealed that they had traveled from Delhi and Jammu and intended to reach Moulvibazar in Bangladesh via Tripura.
These apprehensions underline the heightened vigilance and operational vigilance of the BSF to prevent illegal infiltration, human trafficking and cross-border crimes during the ongoing festive period, the official said.
He said since the violence in Bangladesh started in June-July last year, especially after the fall of the Awami League government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024, para-military forces have increased vigilance and increased their dominance along the international border.
Tripura, which has an 856-km long border with Bangladesh, is surrounded by the neighboring country on three sides, making the northeastern state vulnerable and sensitive to cross-border migration issues and numerous border-related crimes.
Except for a few stretches, most of the 856 km border was fenced to prevent smuggling, cross-border crimes, infiltrators and illegal activities across the border by enemy elements.
–IANS
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