Agartala: The Border Security Force (BSF) has detained five foreign nationals—three from Bangladesh and one from Nigeria—along with an Indian tout in separate operations along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura.
In a targeted operation at Kaiyedhepa in Sepahijala district, BSF personnel apprehended a 34-year-old Nigerian national, Maxwel Nweke, who was attempting to cross into Bangladesh.
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Following this arrest, BSF troops also apprehended Suraj Prasad, an Indian national from Amtali in West Tripura district, who was identified as a known tout.
In a separate incident in North Tripura district, BSF troops apprehended a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl from Chandpur village, Moulvibazar district, who was trying to infiltrate India.
Furthermore, in a joint operation with another security agency in West Tripura, BSF detained two more Bangladeshi nationals from the Bagerhat district.
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The BSF has intensified its border security operations to counter infiltration, exfiltration, and other transnational crimes along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura.