Tripura: 5 Rohingyas including 2 minors arrested in Unakoti district
First Published: 23rd April, 2024 12:22 IST
Among the five arrested Rohingyas, there are two minors along with the three adults.
In a recent development reported from Tripura, police today have arrested five Rohingyas at Kailashahar in Unakoti district. The arrests have been made just a day after the Border Security Force (BSF) reported that illegal infiltration has emerged as the biggest challenge for Security forces guarding the India-Bangladesh Border in Tripura.
As per sources, the foreigners had illegally entered India through the Kailashahar Maguruli border area from Bangladesh.
They were arrested from the Kailashahar Paiturbazar area in Tripura’s Unakoti district.
Among the five arrested Rohingyas, there are two minors along with the three adults.
As per Unakoti District Superintendent of Police Kanta Jahangir, the foreigners entered India from Myanmar refugee camps through Bangladesh.
The SP added that interrogations are underway and the infiltrators have been arrested.
Earlier on Monday, Border Security Force reported the issues of illegal infiltration and drug smuggling continue to remain the two biggest concerns for the Border Security Force in Tripura.
Addressing a press meet on Monday, BSF IG Tripura frontier, Patel Piyush Purushottam Das stated that a total of 1,018 illegal immigrants were apprehended while trying to cross the border into India.
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