The Border Safety Drive stated it thwarted makes an attempt of infiltration and smuggling in South Tripura district alongside the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura on Wednesday.
Talking to reporters, a BSF officer stated, “In important joint operations with Srinagar police station beneath South Tripura district, BSF troops seized smuggled sun shades and Burmese cigarettes value Rs 1.8 crore.”
The officer added that in a collection of different operations alongside the worldwide border, hashish, codeine-based cough syrups and different contraband have been additionally seized.
BSF troops beneath the Tripura frontier have foiled a number of makes an attempt of infiltration and smuggling just lately, the officer stated.
On February 5, a person sustained accidents after being hit by the BSF with a non-lethal weapon in Sepahijala district whereas he tried to cross the worldwide border illegally. The injured particular person, recognized as Akhtar Jamal Roni, is a resident of Putia village of Boxanagar in Sepahijala.
The incident occurred after BSF personnel ordered Akhtar Jamal Roni and one other particular person transferring in direction of the border fence from the Bangladesh aspect to cease. Nonetheless, in accordance with the BSF, they received concerned in a scuffle with a sentry, making an attempt to grab his pump-action gun. The BSF stated the sentry fired one spherical in self-defence, injuring the person, whereas the different particular person fled to a close-by village.
The BSF arrested 14 Bangladesh residents and two Indian touts on the finish of January alone in a bunch of sweeping operations as vigilance had been tightened alongside the border previous to Republic Day.
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Tripura has an 856-km-long border with Bangladesh on three sides, however a few patches are but to be fenced owing to native disputes.
