
Three Indian nationals were arrested at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj on Tuesday night on charge of illegally entering Bangladesh.
The arrested are Pradip Pal, 50, son of late Upendra Pal of Agartala Railway Station area under the Amtali police station of Pashchim Tripura district in the Tripura state of India, Ajit Biswas, 40, son of Amulya Biswas of Ranir Khamar village under the same Amtali police station, and Samir Das, 30, son of late Piari Mohan Das of Gopalnagar village under Sidhai police station of the Pashchim Tripura district, police said.
Border Guard Bangladesh 25 Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Farah Mohammed Imtiaj confirmed the arrest.
He said that on information, a team of Dharmaghar border outpost of the BGB conducted a drive at Santoshgram near the Dharmaghar border under the Madhabpur upazila at around 11:00pm on Tuesday and arrested the three Indian nationals as they failed to show any legal documents for travelling Bangladesh.
‘The arrested were handed over to the Madhabpur police station early Wednesday after filing a case against them with the police station,’ the BGB officer said.
Madhabpur police station officer-in-charge Abdullah Al Mamun told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that the arrested Indian nationals were produced before the District Judicial Magistrate Court on Wednesday noon and the court ordered to send them to jail in the case.
‘An investigation is under way in this regard,’ the OC said.