KOLKATA: A Bangladeshi infiltrator and an Indian broker were arrested from the India-Bangladesh border area in West Bengal's Murshidabad district early on Wednesday.
The arrested Bangladeshi youth has been identified as Maruf Ali. His home is in the Chapainawabganj area of Bangladesh. The arrested broker was identified as Ansar Ali, a resident of the Ramnagar area under the Lalgola police station in Murshidabad district.
It is learned that the police of Raninagar police station received information that an attempt was being made in the border area to smuggle a Bangladeshi into the country. Acting on the information, the officers conducted a raid at the Katlamari gram panchayat area under the Raninagar police station in the early hours of the day.