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Tripura : Infiltrators fan out in the state |
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There has been a steady trickle of infiltrators entering Tripura from the border areas of Bangladesh.
A total of 27 Mog tribal families from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh bordering South Tripura entered Sabroom subdivision on Monday. Another 23 Mog tribal families entered Sabroom subdivision through the Ghorakappa area.
The state government has put the BSF on high alert and directed the Mobile Task Force (MTF) of the state police to identify and drive out the infiltrators. But none of the infiltrators could be identified.
A police source said, “There is no report of infiltration and we are doing everything possible to prevent any kind of illegal entry of Bangladeshi nationals into Tripura.”
However, official sources said the Buddhist Mog tribal families had been advised by residents to leave Sabroom and seek shelter in Mog-inhabited areas of Dhalai district. A source said Kulai area under Dhalai district had a considerable Mog population in the interiors and it would be difficult to identify the infiltrators.
The police in Sabroom have, however, continued their search operations in Mahamuni, Kaptali, Ramnagar, Ajodhya Para, Kaptoli and Daulbai panchayat areas.
A source in the state police said parts of South Tripura through which the Mogs entered are yet to be fenced and the BSF patrolling is also “not as intense as it is in the plains”.
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