Silchar: 26 Rohingyas including eight women, six men and 12 children have been arrested from Myanmar. Silchar In Assam Sunday Morning. Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said criminal instincts among “disappointed” Rohingya refugees could lead to extremism and unrest in Southeast Asia.
Later in the day, the police produced him in the Silchar Court, from where he was sent to jail.
According to a senior police officer, the police detained the Rohingyas in the Central Road area of Silchar city at around 4 am when they were traveling in three cars from Kamakhya railway station in Guwahati. Superintendent of Police (Cachar) Ramandeep Kaur, who is interrogating them at the Silchar police station, told media persons: “These 26 people (Myanmar citizens) were living in J&K for a long time. They came from Jammu by train. and reached Kamakhya. Station in Guwahati on Saturday evening, and then traveled by cars to Silchar. They are being interrogated and the matter is being probed.”
He said, “During interrogation it has also come to light that a person from Silchar had spoken to him over phone and asked him to reach Silchar. We are trying to trace the person, and the citizens of Myanmar. We are also ascertaining the plans and intentions to come to Silchar.” The SP said that there were some agents in Katigora area of Cachar near Bangladesh border who helped illegal migrants to enter Indian territory through Indo-Bangladesh border areas, and also arranged fake documents for them. However, after that the border area was sealed, the activities stopped.
Sources said the group of 26 Rohingyas, who are citizens of Myanmar, had entered India through Bangladesh seven years ago. He said that he had settled in Jammu and now came to Assam in search of work.
In March, the NIA arrested six people, including a man from Cachar district, who was running a human trafficking racket from Bengaluru and helping Rohingya refugees to settle in India with forged documents. The NIA had said that the racket was active in several areas of Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal, which share borders with Bangladesh.
Later in the day, the police produced him in the Silchar Court, from where he was sent to jail.
According to a senior police officer, the police detained the Rohingyas in the Central Road area of Silchar city at around 4 am when they were traveling in three cars from Kamakhya railway station in Guwahati. Superintendent of Police (Cachar) Ramandeep Kaur, who is interrogating them at the Silchar police station, told media persons: “These 26 people (Myanmar citizens) were living in J&K for a long time. They came from Jammu by train. and reached Kamakhya. Station in Guwahati on Saturday evening, and then traveled by cars to Silchar. They are being interrogated and the matter is being probed.”
He said, “During interrogation it has also come to light that a person from Silchar had spoken to him over phone and asked him to reach Silchar. We are trying to trace the person, and the citizens of Myanmar. We are also ascertaining the plans and intentions to come to Silchar.” The SP said that there were some agents in Katigora area of Cachar near Bangladesh border who helped illegal migrants to enter Indian territory through Indo-Bangladesh border areas, and also arranged fake documents for them. However, after that the border area was sealed, the activities stopped.
Sources said the group of 26 Rohingyas, who are citizens of Myanmar, had entered India through Bangladesh seven years ago. He said that he had settled in Jammu and now came to Assam in search of work.
In March, the NIA arrested six people, including a man from Cachar district, who was running a human trafficking racket from Bengaluru and helping Rohingya refugees to settle in India with forged documents. The NIA had said that the racket was active in several areas of Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal, which share borders with Bangladesh.