BSF jawan, Bangladeshi national injured during smuggling attempt
Agartala, March 1: The Border Security Force (BSF) held 15 Bangladeshis, including seven children, along with three Indian touts in two separate operations in Tripura, officials said on Friday.
Acting on a tip-off, the BSF laid a trap in the border areas and managed to nab the Bangladeshis hailing from Moulvibazar, Sunamganj, Netrakona and Barisal districts of the neighbouring country.
In an operation, three men, three women and seven children, all from Bangladesh, were arrested on Thursday from the international border at Kailashahar in Unakoti district, the officials said.
BSF personnel also nabbed three Indian touts for facilitating the Bangladeshis to enter Indian territory, they said.
The BSF also held two Bangladeshis in another raid on the same day when they were attempting to cross the border to return to their home country.
In another operation, the BSF along with the Government Railway Police (GRP) raided the Agartala station and managed to apprehend two Indians, who were allegedly engaged in the illegal transportation of goods to the neighbouring country.
On the other hand, A BSF jawan and a Bangladeshi national were injured on Friday when the personnel of the Indian border guarding force tried to stop a smuggling attempt along the border between the two countries in Tripura.
Around 7:30 pm, 20-25 Bangladeshi nationals “intruded” into the Indian territory near the Putia border outpost in the Sepahijala district and indulged in smuggling along with the local criminals, a BSF spokesperson said.
When cautioned by the Border Security Force (BSF) patrol party, they attacked the security personnel, leading to a jawan getting grievously injured, the spokesperson said.
He said the miscreants tried to snatch the weapon of a BSF personnel and the jawan fired one round of non-lethal pump action gun in self-defence.
A Bangladeshi national got injured in this incident and he has been taken to a local hospital, the spokesperson said, adding the BSF jawan was also undergoing treatment in a hospital.
The BSF guards the 4,096-km-long India-Bangladesh border, out of which 856 km runs along Tripura. (PTI)
