Silchar, Nov. 3: The Assam blasts on Thursday have sent police on the trail of the large number of Bangladeshis who “vanished” after entering the border district of Karimganj on valid passports.
Karimganj deputy commissioner Bhupen Sharma said the “vanishing act” by some Bangladeshi nationals had the potential of becoming a “security threat” as jihadis from the neighbouring country might enter India by using valid documents.
According to the border branch of Karimganj police, 187 Bangladeshi nationals, who had entered the south Assam district through the checkpoints at Suterkandi and Karimganj town’s ferryghat on valid passports during the past 15 years, had not returned to their country even after the expiry of their visas.
The police said 2,849 Bangladeshi nationals had entered the south Assam district on valid passports last year. Of these, 20 people could not be accounted for as they had not returned to their country.
In 2006, 2,735 Bangladeshi nationals had entered the district through the checkpoints but 13 of them were now traceless, they added.
Sharma said this “sinister” trend had added a new dimension to infiltration in the country, particul- arly in Assam.
On instructions from the Union home ministry, the police in the northeastern states have now mounted an exercise to identify the missing Bangladeshi nationals and push them back.
Sources said the police were looking for the missing persons on the basis of their photographs.
Meghalaya and Manipur, have also begun a crackdown on migrants following the blasts. Meghalaya police picked up 190 suspected Bangladeshis in Shillong yesterday.
In Manipur, the Okram Ibobi Singh government turned its focus on outsiders staying in rented houses, particularly illegal Bangladeshi migrants. source: the telegraph india
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