"128 Bangladeshis pushed back in last 2 months": Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

CM Sarma in a post on X, further informed that the police have apprehended two Bangladeshi infiltrators in the wee hours of Wednesday. He further hailed the Assam Police for this regard.

The infiltrators have been identified as Babul Hussain and Sakib Mia.

"128 Bangladeshis pushed back in last 2 months. Maintaining strict vigil along the Indo-Bangla border, @assampolice has pushed back 128 infiltrators across the border. The following persons have been apprehended in the wee hours. Babul Hussain, Sakib Mia. Good job Team!" said CM Sarma.

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Earlier on October 2, the Border Security Force's Meghalaya division caught five Bangladeshi nationals who were travelling in an auto rickshaw from the Dalu side towards Purakhasia, PRO BSF Meghalaya Frontier said.

"On October 2, a patrolling party of BSF observed an auto rickshaw halting some distance away from where the troops were performing duty. Five suspected Bangladeshi nationals got out and attempted to flee. The troops chased them and successfully apprehended them," the BSF PRO said.

"It was later learnt that the Bangladeshi nationals came from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, where they were working in a garment factory and intended to illegally cross into Bangladesh," the PRO added.

Later, the apprehended people were handed over to Police Station Dalu of West Garo Hills district.

Earlier on October 1, Assam police apprehended fourteen illegal Bangladeshi nationals in the South Salmara and Karimganj districts of the state.

The apprehended Bangladeshi nationals were identified as Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Monir Hussain, Mofazal Hussain, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Abyadullah Hassan, Ashraful Islam, Manik Miah, Nobi Hussain, Waliul Ullah, Hazarat Ali, Sofikul Islam, lland Furkan Ali and Mominul Haque.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said nine of them were found carrying Indian Aadhaar cards. (ANI)