Two touts including one Bangladeshi national detained by BSF in Tripura

Agartala: The Border Security Force (BSF) deployed in Tripura has detained one Bangladeshi national and one Indian tout from Rajnagar under the South District.

As per a BSF press release, on July 17 based on specific information a special operation was launched in which BSF apprehended one Bangladeshi national near the Border Fence.

The name of the Bangladeshi national is Amir Haladar (29) and resident of Madaripur in Bangladesh. Interrogation of the apprehended BD national is in progress.

The BSF further said that in another joint operation with a sister agency, on the intervening night of July 17 and 18, one Indian tout Ismail Hossain was arrested from Rajnagar (South Tripura).

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“Arrested tout was actively involved in human trafficking and infiltration of Bangladeshi and Rohingya into India.  He was also involved in providing shelter and logistics. He is being questioned by BSF. BSF has stepped up its drive against infiltrators and touts to break the nexus in the border state of Tripura”, the press release reads.