KOLKATA: The West Bengal Police on Thursday arrested six illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and one local Indian accomplice in Murshidabad district.
Acting on credible information, officers of Raninagar Police Station in Murshidabad district conducted a raid at Katlamari II Gram Panchayat area, under its jurisdiction, which led to the arrest.
The arrested Bangladeshi nationals have been identified as Mohammad Abdulla (20), Ketabur Ali (26), Kamaluddin Rahaman (28), Kalimuddin Rahaman (25), Mohammad Salim (37), and Mohammad Juel Rana (24).
They hail from Chapai Nababganj, Rajshahi, and Feni districts of Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, an Indian national identified as Asrile Seikh (29) was arrested for facilitating their entry into the country. The Indian national is a resident of the Raninagar area of the district.
A senior police officer of the district said that a suo motu case has been registered at Raninagar Police Station.
“All seven accused were presented before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) at Lalbagh Court today, with a request for seven days of police remand to facilitate further investigation, ” he added.
In the recent past, there have been several instances of the arrest of illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and their local facilitating agents not just from Murshidabad but also from other districts having international borders with Bangladesh.