A Bangladeshi national was detained by Assam Police on Monday for unauthorised entry across the India-Bangladesh border and was subsequently forced to return to Bangladesh.
GUWAHATI: A Bangladeshi national was detained by Assam Police on Monday for illegal entry across the India-Bangladesh border. Asma Akther, the infiltrator, was apprehended close to the international boundary and was subsequently forced to return to Bangladesh.
In a post on X, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the arrest and said that police were on guard near the border. “Maintaining alert along the border, one illegal Bangladeshi national was apprehended by @assampolice today near the international border and pushed back,” CM Sarma wrote.
Earlier this month, six infiltrators, including two Bangladeshi women, were captured by Assam police and turned over to authorities in the neighbouring nation, the Assam CM had announced.
”6 illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators nabbed and sent back. In an alert move, personnel of @assampolice tracked and apprehended 6 Bangladeshi nationals near the international border,” CM Sarma wrote in a post on X.
“All of them have been pushed back across the border,” the Assam CM added. The infiltrators had been identified as Md Didarul Islam, Santu Khan, Ismile Hussain Rahat, Sakib Hussain, Shati Akhter, and Mim Seikh.
Since the unrest in Bangladesh began in August of this year, around 167 individuals have been detained for unauthorised entry into India and sent back to Bangladesh. The BSF has stepped up its surveillance along the 1,885-kilometer Indo-Bangladesh border in the Northeast since the turmoil in Bangladesh began.
In order to stop any unauthorised entry into the state, Assam Police is keeping a high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border, according to a previous statement made by Director General of Police G P Singh.
