Border Safety Pressure (BSF) officers have arrested 4 Bangladeshi nationals with solid Aadhaar playing cards alongside the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, together with an Indian nationwide who allegedly was employed to facilitate their entry.
The solid Aadhaar playing cards have been allegedly made in Bangladesh with the intention for his or her holders to cross the border and journey to Chennai searching for labour alternatives.
On Tuesday, at round 3.35 pm, BSF personnel of the 73rd Battalion on the Bamanabad Border Outpost noticed “suspicious actions” close to the border. They raised an alarm and confronted 5 people who have been trying to cross the border. Reportedly, regardless of resistance and makes an attempt to drive their approach by way of, the BSF personnel responded with a powerful counter, inflicting the infiltrators to scatter. Fast Response Groups (QRT) have been swiftly deployed, ensuing within the apprehension of all 5 accused.
Upon interrogation on the Bamanabad Border Outpost, the Indian smuggler reportedly confessed to being employed to help the Bangladeshis in crossing the border and receiving Rs 4,000 per particular person.
Additional questioning of the 4 Bangladeshi nationals purportedly revealed that they hailed from the Godagari sub-district of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and had obtained pretend Indian Aadhaar playing cards from a Bangladeshi tout based mostly there. Every of them had paid 1,000 Bangladeshi Taka for the cast paperwork.
The apprehended people have been handed over to the Raninagar police station for additional authorized proceedings.
DIG N Okay Pandey, Public Relations Officer of the BSF South Bengal Frontier, expressed satisfaction with the operation and the BSF’s “unwavering vigilance and fast response”. He emphasised the BSF’s dedication to making sure the safety of the India-Bangladesh border.
