TURA, 2 May: Villagers in Garo Hills border region of Purakhasia have lynched a Bangladeshi infiltrator who was caught on Monday night in the Balujora area of the border.
The accused foreign national has been identified as 43 year old Monirul Hussain who crossed into Garo Hills territory with two other accomplices. The two other foreign nationals currently remain at large.
When caught he confessed to the villagers in fluent garo dialect that they were able to easily jump over the border fencing and land inside Garo Hills territory.
He was caught around 10:30 PM by the villagers and claimed that they had entered Garo Hills to get the narcotic ganja substance for smoking.
The border villagers who have endured years of trouble from intruders who commit robberies and steal their vehicles and cattle were unwilling to let the infiltrator go scot free.
They gave him a sound beating before handing him over to authorities but the severe beating took its toll and he was declared dead by the time he was rushed to Purakhasia hospital.
The villagers in the border belt remain on alert since two of the victim’s accomplices continue to remain on the run inside the region.
Their concern is further heightened by the fact that just three days ago two other Bangladeshi men had also managed to cross the border into their area before they were caught.
The two other men had entered Purakhasia on April 28th but were caught only on May 30th.
Questions about BSF patrolling along border
Villagers in the border belt are surprised by the manner in which foreign nationals are easily making their entry into Garo Hills from the neighbouring country with little or no challenge from the BSF which is mandated with safeguarding the borders.
Two incidents of crossing in less than three days only to be intercepted by villagers, and not the BSF, has cast a doubt on the border guards performance.
To make matters worse, the Bangladeshi national, prior to his death, had told villagers how easy it had been to jump over the border fencing despite multiple layers of barbed wire and presence of border guards on duty every 100 meters along the fencing.
