New Delhi: The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), with the assistance of Assam Police, arrested 47 middlemen facilitating the infiltration of Rohingyas into the nation, police stated as reported by information company ANI. Amongst these arrested, 25 had been from Tripura, 5 from Assam, three from West Bengal, 9 from Karnataka, three from Tamil Nadu, and one every from Haryana and Telangana.
Addressing a press convention, Particular DGP, Assam, Harmeet Singh stated, “There’s been a collaborative effort of the NIA with us and on this collaborative effort, we had been in a position to put collectively an inventory of touts from throughout the nation. Immediately morning within the wee hours an operation was launched throughout many states by the NIA with the Assam Police and a complete of 47 such touts and middlemen who had been operating this racket have been caught. 25 from Tripura, 5 from Assam, 3 from West Bengal, 9 from Karnataka, 1 from Haryana, 1 from Telangana and three from Tamil Nadu.”
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— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2023
The Assam SDGP stated an operation was launched by Particular Process Power (STF) in July and on thorough investigation, it was discovered that Rohingyas had been coming into India by means of the Indo-Bangladesh border. It additionally got here to gentle that the infiltration was facilitated by middlemen who had been current not solely on each the edges of the Indo-Bangladesh Border, but in addition within the mainland.
Assam Police stepped up vigil and 450 infiltrators, travelling in a prepare from Tripura to Assam had been stopped and turned again with the assistance of the Border Guarding Forces.
“We seen a bunch of Rohingyas who had been travelling in a prepare from Tripura and had entered Assam…450 such infiltrators had been stopped and turned again with the assistance of border guarding forces. There was an operation launched by STF (Particular Process Power) Assam, in July…As soon as questioning and inquiries occurred it was very obvious that it is a matter which is a nationwide safety concern and has interstate ramifications,” he stated.
The Assam authorities took up the matter with the Ministry of Residence Affairs, and requested the case be transferred to the NIA, the SDGP additional stated.