13 Bangladeshis with ‘suspected political links' held in West Tripura
After a long interrogation by police and security agencies, they were handed over to the mobile task force.
In the preliminary probe, it was found that they had crossed the international border illegally via Raishyabari in Dhalai district. Some of the male Bangladeshis had bandages on their legs.
According to sources, they were suspected to have connections with the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), a political group in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts. They allegedly travelled more than 170 km from the border to get medical treatment in Agartala. However, there is no official statement about their political identity.
In January, the police arrested a Bangladeshi national in possession of illegal firearms, ammunition, and Indian and Bengali currency notes from the Milanchakra area of the Tripura capital.
Tripura shares an 856-km-long border with Bangladesh, much of which is covered with barbed-wire fences, except for a few patches.
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