Agartala: Continuing its crackdown on illegal immigrants, five Bangladeshi nationals were arrested from the Khowai district for entering the Indian territory without any valid travel documents.
According to reports, the five Bangladeshi nationals have been identified as Litan Das (37), Babul Das (26), Pankaj Sarkar (18), Nikku Sarkar (22) and Rupan Das (26) entered Khowai after crossing over border fencing at Ashrambari, a border village and were going to Santirbazar in South Tripura district.
“They entered Indian territory after crossing over border fencing at Ashrambari. When the five were travelling from Ashrambari to Santirbazar by a vehicle, they were detained on Sunday,” said the official.
He also added, “As they could not produce any passport or visa for travelling to Indian territory they were arrested.”