Guwahati, Aug 1: Tripura Police is very vigilant on any infiltration bid by Rohingya Muslims, said Manchak Ipper, DIGP, Tripura Police on Monday (Jul 31) adding that 52 Rohingyas have been arrested this year and their crackdown would continue. At the same time, Assam Special Task Force (STF) has apprehended 8 people including two Bangladeshi nationals from Tripura for helping illegal Rohingya immigrants enter India by using fake documents, officials said.

 

 

 

 

Tripura DIGP Manchak Ipper said that the state police have a different action plan to apprehend the Rohingyas who infiltrated Tripura and go to other states on which Assam CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma had raised concerns a couple of days ago. Tripura Police has a nationwide network to trace out the illegal trespass of Rohingyas who are trying to be in India by any means these days, he said

 

DIGP Manchak Ipper said, "We have increased our efforts. Cases are being registered and Rohingyas are being arrested. Our focus is also on those who are helping them, we call them border touts. We are active on the ground, we are finding vulnerable points and routes. So this year we have got very good results. We work with the border states of the northeast. Our coordination is good with other states as well. We are strictly dealing with Rohingyas. 52 Rohingyas have been arrested this year. Our action will continue.''

 

 

 

 

 

On the other hand, according to the officials, the people that Assam STF recently apprehended have been identified as Uttam, Kajal Sarkar, Sagar Sarkar, Pervez Hussain alias Abdul Hussain, Md. Shaahadat alias Sahadat SK (Bangladeshi national), Shib Sankar Ghosh alias Boto, Kartik Nama, and Bijoy Barua. Partha Sarathi Mahanta, DIG (STF) of Assam police said, "Based on the direction of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the STF of Assam police conducted a massive operation to crackdown the modus operandi of Rohingya infiltration and apprehended eight touts including two Bangladeshi nationals from Tripura who helped illegal Rohingya immigrants to enter into India by using fake documents."

 

An all-out operation was conducted by the STF, Assam as per the direction of the CM and under the supervision of Partha Sarathi Mahanta, DIG (STF), against the linkman/touts of Rohingya Muslims by deputing five numbers of police teams, headed by Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) level officers to various bordering districts of Tripura. DIG Mahanta noted that during the operation in the bordering districts of Tripura in the hideout places, linkman/touts are found involved in illegal business for crossing Rohingya Muslims into Indian territory by using fake IDs and other travelling documents for showing the illegal Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi nationals as an Indian citizen, which is a major threat to national security.

 

 

 

"The modus operandi of the touts, involved in the business of bringing such Rohingya Muslims into India from Bangladesh is for ulterior motives, having the propensity to cause internal disturbance, thereby threatening unity, integrity and sovereignty," Mahanta said. DIG (STF) Mahanta, told media that, any illegal immigrant is a threat to the country and illegal Rohingya immigrant is a serious threat to national security.

 

Mahanta said, "In the last few months, it came to our notice that Rohingyas are trying to infiltrate into our country using Assam as a corridor. Therefore CM Sarma has instructed Assam police to go all out against these illegal Rohingya immigrants. Two months back we arrested four touts and we decided to go after the touts. Based on revelation during interrogation, we have planned to conduct an operation and we have found that most of these touts are operating from Tripura and their base is near the India-Bangladesh border." "They make fake documents and they facilitate these illegal immigrants to travel to various parts of the country. They have made fake documents, fake Aadhaar cards, birth certificates and using these fake documents the illegal immigrants travel to various places," he added.

 

 

 

"Five days ago, we formed five teams under five ASP of Assam police and sent them to Tripura on July 28 and for the last three days, they were camping in Tripura. They were able to apprehend eight touts and also seized many incriminating documents including fake Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, birth certificates, number of mobile phones. Now we have brought them to STF. They will be arrested in our STF case and we will take up follow-up action and we will go to different parts of the country. We will send our teams to different parts of the country where the illegal immigrants have already arrived," Mahanta said.

 

 

 

Earlier Assam CM had raised concerns over a network of brokers who bring Rohingya into Assam through Tripura. CM Sarma said that anyone who enters a country without a passport or visa is a “threat to our sovereignty”. “Rohingya infiltration is alarming. There is a network of brokers who bring Rohingyas into Tripura and from there to Assam and the rest of the country. Our Police are in Tripura now working with the State government to take action against them,” he said during a press conference.

 

“Anyone who enters a country without a passport or visa is a threat to our sovereignty,” he added. "They are using Assam as a travel road and it is a threat to the country...if a foreign national comes without a passport and visa, it is a threat to our sovereignty...anybody who has entered the country illegally whether it is Rohingya or non-Rohingya, whether Hindu or Muslim, is illegal and we cannot promote illegality,” he further said.

 

 

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