Agartala, July 18: Assam Police, in collaboration with the local Belonia police station, has apprehended a youth from South Tripura district in connection with human trafficking from Bangladesh.

“A team of Assam Police, led by Sub-Inspector Chitta Ranjan Bhora, arrived at our Belonia police station with documents for the arrest of one Partha Sen,” said Paritosh Das, the officer in charge (OC) of Belonia police station, adding: “He is wanted in a case registered at Silchar police station in 2022 under various sections of the Passport and Foreigners Act, as well as for human trafficking of Rohingyas under IPC Section 370.”

With the assistance of the Belonia police station, Partha Sen was arrested and produced in court for transit remand and, on Tuesday, the suspect has been taken to Silchar.

Das further informed that the same individual was arrested in Belonia on July 12 along with a Bangladeshi woman. A case was registered against him at the Belonia police station under IPC sections 461, 471, 120-B, and 370, along with the Passport Act.

Meanwhile, the Bangladeshi woman from Patuakhali district remains in jail under judicial remand.

Tripura shares an 857-kilometer border with Bangladesh, with 50 kilometers still awaiting barbed wire fencing. Despite significant budget allocations for fencing, border area lighting, and the deployment of a large number of Border Security Forces, infiltration and drug smuggling remain major threats.

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