Tripura: 112 Rohingyas out of 744 infiltrators caught on India-Bangladesh border in 2023

A total of 744 people, including 112 Rohingyas, were arrested by the BSF while they were trying to illegally enter India from Bangladesh through the international border in Tripura, an official said on Tuesday.

This number is the highest in the last three years, he said, with BSF Tripura Frontier apprehending 369 infiltrators in 2022 and 208 in 2021.

He said, “In 2023, BSF arrested a total of 744 infiltrators and among them, 112 are Rohingya, 337 are Bangladeshi and 295 are Indians. This was the highest number of arrests of infiltrators in the border state in the last three years.” ,

He said BSF personnel also seized banned items like cough syrup, cannabis, yaba tablets and brown sugar worth a total of Rs 41.82 crore.

The officer said that apart from this, four kilograms of gold was also seized.

He said that over the years, BSF Tripura Frontier has undertaken diverse responsibilities in fighting insurgency, maintaining the sanctity of the border and preventing all types of cross border crimes while operating in adverse climatic conditions in remote and inaccessible areas.

Tripura shares 856 km of international border with Bangladesh.