Eight Bangladeshi nationals en route Pune held at Agartala railway station

Guwahati: As many as eight Bangladeshi nationals were arrested on Saturday from the Agartala railway station for illegally entering the country.

They were heading for Pune. The Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in a joint operation arrested the eight Bangladeshi nationals along with an Indian middleman who were about to board the Kolkata-bound train.

Recently 11 Bangladeshi nationals, including two women and three children, were arrested from a village in Tripura's Dhalai district while on their way back to Bagerhat district in Bangladesh's Khulna Division.