Maligaon, August 21: Continuing the fight to detectillegal migrants (Bangladeshis and Rohingyas)the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway has nabbed 225 illegal migrants and 16 Indian agentsduring checks across various stations of N.F. Railway from 01st of January to 15th of August, 2024. In the present month itselftill 15th of August, RPF of N. F. Railway has detained 22illegal migrants.
In an incident on 01st of August2024,RPF team of Agartalajointly with GRP and Agartala conducted aroutine driveat AgartalaRailway Station. While checking they detected 10suspicious personsat the station premises 03 females and 07 males.
On interrogation, they could not provide any information of their travel neither produce any valid documents. Afterwards they confessed that they entered India illegally from Bangladesh and were planning to procced to Delhi via train.
Later, all the illegal migrants were handed over to Officer In-charge and Government Railway Police of Agartala for further legal action. Earlier on 02nd and 23rd of July 2024, 11 and 4 illegal migrants respectively were nabbed from Agartala station.
Several steps are taken by RPF of N. F. Railway on regular basis to keep a close eye on illegal migrants, rohingyas and suspected persons at stations and trains. RPF staff deployed are very vigilant at different level to detect any such kind of suspicious activities.
