Iranian, Bangladeshi nationals held for suspected militants links sent to five-day police custody

An Iranian and Bangladeshi national was remanded to five day police custody by a local court in Tripura. They were arrested for their suspected link with Pakistani militants.

A senior police official said that the police on Wednesday arrested Iranian Yakub Yazdanbakhsh and Bangladeshi national Shahin Mondal at the Aswani market area under Amatoli police station on the outskirts of Agartala city.

Police said that no valid passports and travel documents were found while a mobile phone was confiscated from their possession.” Photos of Pakistani militant camps on the confiscated mobile phone. The Iranian person said that he had gone to Thailand


Nepal and came to Bangladesh before entering into India illegally with the Bangladeshi intruder”.

Police said, “We are thoroughly interrogating the duo.”