GUWAHATI, Oct 19: An alleged infiltrator from Bangladesh was apprehended by Assam Police in Karimganj district and handed over to authorities of the neighbouring country, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
“In a successful pushback of an illegal infiltrator in Karimganj district, one Bangladeshi national was apprehended and sent across the border by @assampolice,” the chief minister posted on X.
“The apprehended infiltrator has been identified as Md. Arif. Our personnel are fully alert to thwart such infiltration attempts along the India-Bangladesh border,” Sarma said.
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BSF has intensified its vigil along the 1,885-km-long India-Bangladesh border in the Northeast.
Assam Police are also maintaining high alert along the border to ensure that no person enters the state illegally, Director General of Police G P Singh had earlier said. (PTI)
