Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said 19 Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended and repatriated from Sribhumi and Cachar districts.
“Mission ‘Return Ticket’ completed before sunrise! At 2:15 AM, 19 Bangladeshi nationals (14 from Sribhumi, 5 from Cachar) were escorted back home via Mahishasan BOP — courtesy of @assampolice and BSF’s teamwork,” CM Sarma posted on X.
Praising the police in both districts, the chief minister said every illegal immigrant identified in the operation was swiftly caught and deported.
Assam’s Sribhumi, Cachar, Dhubri, and South Salmara-Mankachar districts share a 267.5-km-long international border with Bangladesh.
The state has an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Sutarkandi in Sribhumi, one of the three ICPs along the India-Bangladesh border in the Northeast — the others being at Dawki in Meghalaya and Akhaura in Tripura. Another ICP is located at Darranga in Assam along the India-Bhutan border.
Earlier, Assam Police had said that, in coordination with the BSF, it would take all necessary measures to prevent any illegal entry from Bangladesh following the political unrest in the neighbouring country.
However, Indian passport holders would be allowed to return from Bangladesh through designated entry points in the state.
