Amidst tight vigil along the India-Bangladesh border, the infiltration from the unrest hit Bangladesh into Tripura continued and again on Thursday again two more citizens of the neighbouring country including woman were arrested by the security forces from Agartala railway station before boarding to a long distance train.

After unrest in Bangladesh, the infiltration into the Northeastern states especially in Tripura and Assam has continued and in the last few months hundreds of Bangladesh nationals along with Rohingyas were arrested by security forces from different borders of the state.

During the past two week, dozens of Bangladeshi, Rohingyas and human traffickers (Touts) were arrested from different parts of the state by security forces.

On Thursday afternoon again, the Government Railway Police (GRP) , BSF, RPF and intelligence wing arrested two more Bangladeshi youths from Agartala Railway station before boarding a long distance train.

Giving details, OC of GRP station of Agartala Railway station, Tapash Das said that a joint contingent of GRP, RPF and BSF based on secret information on Thursday evening managed to arrest two Bangladeshi before their escape bid towards a long distance train.

The Bangladeshi citizens after illegally entering Tripura were trying to board a train to go to Kolkata towards their destination in other cities of the country.

Das said that arrested Bangladeshi nationals were identified as Amit Dhar (29) of Chittagong district of Bangladesh and Mili Akhtar (19) of Dhaka district of Bangladesh.

Both arrested Bangladeshi were produced before a local court on Friday  for further legal action and they were sent to judicial custody. Das said that as per court order, GRP are interrogating both Bangladeshi inside jail to unearth their motive for cross-border movements.

Earlier, several young Bangladeshi girls were arrested from Agartala railway station before their escape bid towards big cities of the country, where they often get easy jobs in restaurants, beauty salons and other body care parlors.

It may be recalled here that the bordering Tripura, which is a top hotspot travelling destination for human trafficking, specially for Rohingyas and Bangladesh nationals, who were illegally entered into Indian territory and moves towards other parts of the country through different means of surface communication with help of Indian and Bangladeshi touts, but many time, the alert security forces have also managed to detain them.

Officials said that all the Bangladeshis and Rohingyas illegally entered Tripura to board trains or buses to go to other states in India “in search of jobs”.