BSF detains 40 Bangladeshis last month in Tripura

NEWMAI NEWS AGARTALA, Jan 8 – Border Security Force (BSF) detained 40 Bangladeshi nationals in Tripura who had sneaked into the State in the month of December last. The force also apprehended 38 Indian nationals for crossing the international border while attempting to go to the neighbouring country in the same period.Tripura shares 857 kilometres of border with Bangladesh , which most part has got barbed fencing. The BSF also seized various smuggled goods worth RS. 39,47,666 from smugglers who tried to take them to Bangladesh from Tripura while Rs.4,75,704 worth of different Bangladeshi items have been confiscated by the same force last month which came through the areas of Kamalsagar, Ashabari, Kalsimura, Dhanpur, Kullubari and Srimantapur under West Tripura district and Sreenagar, Amlighat under South Tripura district. The contraband goods included ganja, forest produces, fertilizers, liquors, cattles and Phensidyle cough syrup, garments, electronic appliances and plastic-made objects. However, the porous border areas with Bangladesh are always a matter of serious concern as the Indian militants take shelter there. source: assam tribune