Guwahati: Seven Rohingya illegally entered in Assam arrested by Assam police in Katigorah area of Cachar district. The group included women and children who were spotted by locals in the Lakichara area and captured. Eyewitnesses said that locals spotted suspicious movements of the group and enquired about their identity. But the group failed to give a specific identity, and the police were informed by the people immediately. A team from the Gurma police station arrived on the spot and took the Rohingyas into custody. Cachar police sources said that the group was residing in Hyderabad for the last five years and worked as factory labour. They entered India in 2020 and obtained fake Indian Ids with the help of a local taut.
The arrested Rohingya group confessed that they fled from Hyderabad after seeing a recent crackdown by the government against intruders. They were planning to return to Bangladesh via the Cachar border with the help of a taut. Notably on 16th September also police arrested a group 11 Rohingya including women and children. They were also working in Hyderabad and were planning to return to Bangladesh via the Cachar border. Unofficial sources said that the detained Rohingyas will be handed over to BSF to push them back to Bangladesh. It should be mentioned that Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma recently said that over 3300 illegal infiltrators were deported from Assam so far. But he didn’t give the details on the timeline of the deportation.
