GUWAHATI: Five illegal Bangladeshi intruders arrested by Assam Police in Guwahati city. Assam Police kept up their drive against undocumented foreign nationals. The arrests followed by a rain in the busy Paltan Bazar area, based on credible intelligence inputs. The arrested intruders were planning to travel to Mumbai via the Lokmanya Tilak Express from Guwahati railway station situated in the Paltan Bazar area.
The arrests followed early-morning raids on several hotels in and around the commercial hub. Police suspected 5 individuals staying at Hotel Vintage near the railway station. In the initial investigation, the suspected persons confessed that they were from Bangladesh and entered India through Dawki border in Meghalaya. 5 mobile phones, Bangladeshi passports and three fake Indian Aadhar cards were seized by the police from the arrested persons which includes 3 women and 2 men. Police also detained the owner and manager of the hotel for allowing the Bangladeshi intruders to stay in their premises.
The Guwahati action comes days after a similar catch in western Assam. On October 1, nine Bangladeshi nationals were arrested at New Bongaigaon Railway Station in Bongaigaon district, in a joint operation by Bongaigaon Police and the Government Railway Police (GRP).
Bongaigaon SSP Numal Mahatta said the group was held after questioning confirmed they were Bangladesh citizens. “We have recovered four Bangladeshi national identity cards from their possession,” he told reporters.
Police also seized a Bangladeshi passport, six mobile phones, five railway tickets and three Aadhaar cards suspected to be forged. Preliminary inquiries suggest the group had slipped into Assam through a neighbouring state and was about to board a train out of New Bongaigaon, reportedly in search of work elsewhere in the country.
The SSP said the operation began with six arrests, and three more people were picked up afterwards. “All lawful action will be taken against them,” he added.
These cases are not isolated. On September 16, police detained 27 Bangladeshi nationals, among them men, women and minors, in separate operations in Guwahati and Rangiya.
A senior police official said the pressure will not ease. “Our crackdown against the illegal influx of Bangladeshi nationals will continue,” the official said, adding that those apprehended so far have been prosecuted under the law.
With arrests now reported from the state capital, a border-adjacent district and key transit points like railway stations, authorities say they are closing in on the routes and hideouts used by illegal entrants. Police are expected to share more details once the questioning of the Guwahati detainees is complete.
