BSF apprehends more than 100 Bangladeshis

Agartala, Jan 16 (UNI) The BSF personnel on patrol have apprehended more than one hundred Bangladeshi nationals from Tirthmukh area in south district before and during the Makarsankranti festival.

According to BSF sources, a large number of Bangladeshi nationals crossed over to the Indian side with invalid documents to participate in the Makarsankranti festival at Tirthmukh this year.

The jawans intercepted and apprehended 102 Bangladeshis, including 17 women and eight children, for violating the international law.

They had come to take holy dip in the river early on the occassion of Makar Sankranti on January 14, sources said.

Later the apprehended persons were handed over to local state police, sources said.

BSF sources said they were keeping a close vigil on the border in the state with Bangladesh in view of the emergency promulgated following political turmoil in that country.

However, there was no report of any kind of infiltration or influx from across the border, sources added.

UNI