3 Bangladeshi nationals held in Cachar

SILCHAR: Three suspected Bangladesh nationals were caught by village defence party members from a house near the India-Bangladesh international border at Katigorah in Cachar district on Sunday night. The Bangladeshi nationals were handed over to the police and they were then arrested.

The arrested persons have been identified as Abdul Basit Bacchu, Jamil Ahmed and Ekbal Ali. All of them are the residents of Zakiganj sub-division in Bangladesh’s Sylhet division.

Sources said a team of the VDP, based on specific information, conducted operations in a few houses near the India-Bangladesh border on Sunday night and caught the Bangladesh nationals. After interrogation, the nationals confessed that they came to India illegally and were about to join a buffalo smuggling racket here, the sources said.

Cases have been registered under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and Passports Act, 1967 because they didn't have passport and visa, sources added.

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