89 Rohingyas among 501 miscreants caught in 2022 along the India-Bangladesh border in trans-border crimes

Of the total, 30 Rohingyas were caught from the Meghalaya border and 59 from the Tripura border with Bangladesh.

NewsBharati    07-Jan-2023 15:06:27 PM
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New Delhi, Jan 7: A total of 89 Rohingyas among 501 miscreants were caught in 2022 along the India-Bangladesh border with Meghalaya and Tripura on charges of their involvement in trans-border crimes, mentions an official report prepared by the Border Security Force (BSF).
 

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Of the total, 30 Rohingyas were caught from the Meghalaya border and 59 from the Tripura border with Bangladesh. The 30 Rohingyas apprehend on the Meghalaya border were among 132 miscreants that included 41 Bangladeshis and 61 Indian nationals who were found involved in one or other trans-border crime. They were apprehended by BSF Meghalaya while conducting various operations.
 
 
However, 59 Rohingyas apprehended by BSF Tripura in different operations were among 369 miscreants that included 160 Indian and 150 Bangladeshi nationals. The Rohingya people are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an estimated 1.4 million Rohingya lived in Myanmar.
 
 
 
 
 
During 2022, the report states, the BSF Meghalaya foiled numerous smuggling attempts and seized huge quantities of various contraband items, cattle, arms, ammunition, drugs and narcotics at the International border. Detailed data mentions that BSF Meghalaya's personnel seized worth Rs 21,41,01,067 items including cattle (Rs 5,55, 90, 800), liquor (Rs 12,66, 717), Yaba tablets (Rs 51,90,280), Phensydyl (Rs 15,17, 401), Ganja (2,67,000), FICN (Rs 87,500 face value), Gold (Rs 17,57, 748) in different operation along India-Bangladesh border.
 
 
However, BSF troops of Tripura successfully rescued 1,813 cattle heads and seized contraband items like Phensedyl 66,608 Bottles, Ganja 18685 kgs, Yaba tablets 1,14,658 Nos, Gold 86.252 gms, Silver 100 gms, Brown Sugar 1513.38 gms, arms and ammunition, Bangladeshi currency 48,35,853 Taka and miscellaneous items worth Rs 58,34,75,618. Ganja saplings approximately 24,93,300 that were being grown illegally on 644.71 acres in the state of Tripura were destroyed or uprooted during joint operations with sister agencies, says the report.