Rohingyas
The Rohingyas apprehended by police along Assam-Tripura border. (Image for representational purpose only)

Last Updated on November 11, 2021 9: 51pm

Thirty Rohingyas were apprehended by Assam police from the Assam-Tripura border on Monday.

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The group of Rohingyas, consisting of male, female and children, were apprehended by the police of Churaibari Police Station while they were moving towards Guwahati by bus from Agartala.

One of the apprehended Rohingyas informed that they had come from Jammu to Agartala via Delhi and Guwahati in search of work but even after staying for three days in a hotel they did not get any work in Agartala.

So, they were returning to Guwahati in search of jobs.

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He also informed that one Raju of West Bengal had brought them.

Police found UN cards from some of them and are checking if those are real or fake.

Meanwhile, 31 Rohingyas including 16 children and nine women are spending chill winter nights in the open sky for the fourth consecutive day at Rayermura under Amtali Police Station on the outskirts of Tripura capital, Agartala.

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They are stranded between the Indian barbed wire border fencing and the border pillars demarcating India and Bangladesh as border guards of both the nations are alleging each other for pushing them to the other nation’s territory.

While the Border Security Force (BSF) alleged that the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) tried to push them to the Indian territory, the BGB made counter allegation against the Indian border guarding force.

 

Pinaki Das is Northeast Now Correspondent in Agartala. He can be reached at: [email protected]