Twenty-Three Bangladeshi Nationals Arrested at Agartala Railway Station

Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals were arrested at Agartala railway station for lacking valid travel documents. The joint operation was conducted by RPF, BSF, and GRP based on specific information. The detainees were planning to travel to Chennai for employment and have been remanded to three-day police custody.

In a significant operation, twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals were arrested at Agartala railway station on Saturday for attempting to travel to Chennai without valid documents, an official stated on Sunday.

A coordinated raid by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Border Security Force (BSF), and Government Railway Police (GRP) was carried out, leading to their detention, confirmed Tapas Das, officer-in-charge of the GRP police station in Agartala. The detainees have been remanded to a three-day police custody following their presentation in a local court.

The arrested individuals, aged between 21 and 49, intended to travel to Chennai via Guwahati in search of employment. In response to this incident and a spike in arrests of Bangladeshi nationals, the BSF's intelligence wing has intensified surveillance activities around railway stations.

(With inputs from agencies.)