BSF IG Tripura Attends Annual Press Briefing in Agartala
Instances of illegal immigration and cross-border infiltrations have increased in 2021 compared to the previous year, Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector General Sushanta Kumar Nath, who is heading the force in Tripura frontiers, said on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters at the BSF sector headquarters in Agartala, Nath said 208 “intruders” were arrested this year while trying to cross the Indo-Bangla international border from different parts of Tripura. This includes 115 Indian nationals and 93 Bangladeshi citizens.
The figures are higher than 131 intruders, including 85 Indians and 46 Bangladeshi nationals, arrested last year. In 2019, 236 people were arrested while crossing the border.
“There was a rise in intruders this year. All of them aren’t simple intruders too. Many of them are criminals, smugglers and infiltrators,” the official said, adding, BSF jawans are maintaining a tight vigil along the border.
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However, there are no Rohingyas or foreign nationals other than Bangladeshis arrested this year. As many as 53 Rohingyas and one Nigerian national were arrested in 2019 in the Tripura-Bangla frontiers.
The BSF also seized a cache of illegal items worth Rs 31.27 crore and contraband items worth Rs 12.94 crores this year along the Tripura-Bangla frontiers.
This includes 60,812 yaba tablets, 30,070 bottles of contraband cough syrup, 12,067 kg processed cannabis, 8,351 bottles of liquor and 2,288 cattle worth Rs 2.34 crores.
The border sentinels also destroyed Rs 7.76 crore-worth cannabis plantations this year in collaboration with the state police and other security agencies.
The BSF statement came shortly after a high-level meeting of BSF and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) held at Shillong between November 27 and 29 this year.
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