A Bangladeshi national was on Thursday sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by the NIA Special Court, Kolkata (WB), in a terror conspiracy case.
One more person has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday in a Bangladeshi Infiltration case for facilitating illegal infiltration and human trafficking in India.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted extensive simultaneous searches at multiple locations across the country in connection with the activities promoted by some Bangladeshi nationals as part of the terror group Al-Qaeda's conspiracy to destabilise India.
Six Bangladeshi nationals detained at Jirania Railway station for illegally trespassing into India on Thursday would be presented to the court today, Officer in charge, Government Railway Police Station said.
Six Bangladeshi nationals were held at Jirania Railway Station near Agartala on Thursday while attempting to board a train to travel further into other states after entering India illegally from Bangladesh, said Government Railway Police in a statement.
The Border Security Force (BSF) along with Meghalaya police nabbed 11 Bangladeshi nationals from the International border of South West Garo Hills (SWGH) and East Khasi Hills (EKH) for attempting to infiltrate into Indian Territory.
In a joint operation on Monday, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Sabroom Police apprehended eight individuals, including three Indian nationals and five Bangladeshi nationals, at Jalkumbha near Sabroom in South Tripura district. The operation took place around 2:40 pm.
According to the officials, acting on a tip-off, authorities arrested three Bangladeshi nationals at the Agartala Railway Station on Thursday afternoon.