23 Bangladeshis held in Tripura for entering India illegally

At least 23 Bangladeshi nationals, including a tout, were arrested by the security personnel for entering India illegally, officials said here on Sunday.

Officials said that the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested the Bangladeshi nationals at the Agartala railway station on



Saturday night as they were trying to board a train to travel to other Indian States via Guwahati.

The Bangladeshi nationals, aged between 19 and 40 and residents of Bangladesh’s Chapainawabganj district in Rajshahi Division, told the security personnel that they came to India in search of jobs.