The Border Security Force (BSF) posted along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura has been put on high alert following reports on a probable infiltration by fundamentalist elements from Bangladesh, said an official from the security forces.
“Though most of the border with Bangladesh is covered by barbed-wire fencing, unfenced areas are still left, particularly a stretch along Sonamura sub-division. This is the stretch which is being misused for infiltration as well as smuggling,” the official said on condition of anonymity.
Sources further claim that Bangladesh government’s crackdown on fundamentalist elements is perpetuating and recently a security raid in a Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) hideout in Rajshahi district, a number of militants have been arrested and a large cache of arms and ammunition have been recovered. This has increased fears of infiltration by fugitive elements from Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi man named Liton Ahmed was nabbed along the Indo-Bangla border in Sonamura for smuggling 45 pieces of gold biscuits through Agartala airport.
“Upon intelligence interrogation, Ahmed revealed that he belongs to a gang in Comilla and they smuggle gold through Agartala airport as a conduit and in lieu of it they earn dollars,” said the Sub-Divisional Police officer of Sonamura, Babul Das.
“Ahmed also told that two of his partners have fled to Kolkata,” added Das.
In May 2017, four Bangladeshis who were residents of Comilla namely, Mohammad Ali, Parimal Saha, Abul Kalam Azad and Sajibur Rahman were caught by the BSF while they were entering Bangladesh through Srimantapur checkpost and recovered $203,000 from them.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
