Agartala: Tripura Police and the Government Railway Police apprehended two Bangladeshi nationals and two Rohingyas from separate locations on Saturday.
Officer-in-Charge of West Agartala Police Station, Paritosh Das, stated that the arrest of the Bangladeshis followed an earlier apprehension of another Bangladeshi in the Lankamura area of the West District earlier this month.
“During his interrogation, the suspect provided information about Rafiq Sheikh and Ajim Uddin, who were later detained at City Centre. These individuals had illegally entered Tripura via the Sonamura area with the assistance of touts”, he said.
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We plan to present them in court to seek police remand for further interrogation,” said Das.
In a separate operation, Government Railway Police Officer Tapas Das revealed that two Rohingya nationals were also arrested.
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“They were intercepted while travelling through Tripura on their way to West Bengal. Identified as Azida Behum and Ramjam Ali, the pair had illegally entered India from a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.”
Investigation regarding both cases is being carried out by the police.