SOURCE: PTI
Amidst tight security across the international border with Tripura in the run up to the upcoming Parliamentary elections, seven Bangladesh nationals, who illegally crossed into India, were arrested at the Agartala Railway Station in Badharghat on Saturday.
The Bangladeshi nationals were held just before they were to board the Kanchenjunga Express for their destination towards Chennai.
Speaking to the media, the Government Railway Police (GRP) office in-charge (OC) at Badharghat railway station, Tapas Das, said on Saturday morning during a routine checking by the GRP, RPF and the special branch of the Tripura Police along with some BSF personnel, the joint team of the security forces noticed suspected movements of some individuals, who were ready to board Kanchenjunga express towards Kolkata.
The security forces, over their suspicion, managed to detain the seven Bangladesh nationals based on their suspicious activities.
Das added that among the detained Bangladesh nationals, two were male persons attired with female dresses and tried to pose like women before their entry to the express train . “Initially, we suspected they might have eunuch or ‘kinnar’, but during interrogation, they have confessed that all of them are Bangladesh citizens and are male persons,’ said OC.