Bangladeshi infiltrator detained by local people in Tebaria area under airport police station , handed over to police

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, May 25, 2026

Despite the tough stand taken by Centre on the issue of illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingiya infiltration from across the border , the role of BSF jawans posted along the border raise uncomfortable questions on their commitment to duty. In bordering Tebaria area in Mohanpur subdivision this morning a Bangladesh infiltrator was caught red-handed by local people with Bangladeshi currency and was sought to the handed over to BSF jawans but the latter washed their hands off the issue , saying they could do nothing about the matter. Later the infiltrator was handed over by people to airport police station for legal action.

Sources from the area said that people in Tebaria market had caught sight of a man moving suspiciously and grabbed him . After being confronted by local people the youth said that his name is Billal Shaikh (25), a resident of Chapai police station area under Rajshahi district of Bangladesh , and he carried out his illegal work by staying in Beterbon area of Agartala near Ram Nagar. He said that he had come to Tebaria area to cross over to Bangladesh by paying a human trafficker Rs 8 thousand but did not get the man. Despite being queried he did not disclose the identity and address of the trafficker and his two other accomplices. However, an amount of Rs 10 thousand was recovered from his possession.

Sources said that the local people of Tebaria had contacted the BSF’s border outpost (BOP) for action in the matter and to arrest him but the BSF jawans refused to do anything in the matter . Later the people handed over Billal Shaikh to the airport police station where he is now in custody. Sources said that Billal might have been member of a cattle-lifting racket and might have been involved in smuggling a number of cattles from Tebaria and Bamutia area recently.

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