Assam Police, BSF apprehend Bangladeshi nationals on border, send them back successfully

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 24 (ANI): Two Bangladeshi nationals, including one minor girl, were apprehended at Badarpur railway station by Assam Police and Assam Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma posted about the two apprehended nationals and congratulated the efforts of Assam Police and BSF on X.

According to the Assam Chief Minister’s post, the two individuals reportedly entered India illegally through the Madhoppur (BD)-Agartala route and planned to travel further in India to reach Bangalore, Karnataka.

The Bangladeshi nationals, identified as 36-year-old Mausum Khan, and 15-year-old Sonia Akhtar were from the area of Modelganj Police station and Dhaka respectively.

The CM confirmed that due to the collaboration with BSF and Assam Police, the nationals were successfully pushed back across the border last night.

On Monday, Assam Police apprehended three other Bangladeshi nationals who entered India from the Tripura side. The three individuals were later successfully pushed back to the Bangladesh side. In Assam, four districts – Cachar, Karimganj, Dhubri, and South Salmara, share their border with Bangladesh.

Earlier in Wednesday, BSF Meghalaya had thwarted an infiltration attempt in the West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. During the Meghalaya operation, three Bangaldeshi nationals, two males and one female, along with three Indian facilitators were apprehended.

Amidst the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, BSF Meghalaya has heightened surveillance and intensified border domination along the Indo-Bangladesh border to prevent illegal crossings and to ensure national security. Additionally, BSF Assam is also on high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border. Apart from apprehending illegal crossings of people across the border, the security forces have also intensified operations to crack down on the smuggling of contraband items in various states bordering Bangladesh.

The protests in Bangladesh erupted in early July due to demands for reforming the quota system that reserves civil service jobs for specific groups, including descendants of 1971 war veterans.