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Assam Police push back 17 alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators
Assam Police on Thursday prevented 17 alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators from entering the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. In a social media post, Sarma said the group was identified and turned back in the early hours, and warned that illegal entrants would only be sent back. No details were given on the specific border sector where they were intercepted.
The state has an integrated checkpost at Sribhumi and a land customs station at Mankachar. Sarma reiterated the government's commitment to an infiltration-free Assam. The BSF has maintained heightened vigilance along the 1,885-km India-Bangladesh border since last year's unrest in Bangladesh, with Assam Police keeping a high alert to push back anyone without valid documents.
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Assam shares a 262-km border with Bangladesh, and the state government has repeatedly flagged infiltration as a core security concern. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) finalised in 2019 excluded over 19 lakh applicants, but no deportation has happened under a standard operating procedure. The Foreigners Tribunals, which decide illegal-stay cases, have a backlog of more than one lakh cases. The BSF and Assam Police jointly man the border, but pushbacks at the point of entry, as reported here, bypass the tribunal process entirely. Watch for the MHA's next quarterly data on border pushbacks and tribunal disposals across the Northeast.
Source: newindianexpress.com
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