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Police arrested two thieves, two buyers
PHOTO : Thieves caught at West Agartala Police Station.TIWN Pic April 16

AGARTALA, April 17(TIWN): The West Agartala Police Station police personnel on Thursday arrested two men for allegedly stealing trophies and shields from Pragati School and Umakanta School at Shivnagar area. Huge amount of trophies and shields were seized from them.

According to the police, the accused persons are Bhanu Debnath son of Dhindra Debnath resident of Battala and Shiva Debnath resident of Battala.

Latter police also arrested another two persons who were engaged in buying of all the stolen trophies and shields. They names of the buyers are Swapan Chakraborty resident of Jogendranagar and Litan Dey resident of Sadhu tilla, said police.   

 It is to be mentioned here that theft cases involving Bangladeshi youths have been rising sharply in Tripura."In 2003, 273 cases of theft were reported in various police stations of Tripura, and last year (2012) 568 such cases were registered," a police official said."Up to July this year, 319 cases of theft have been recorded. Mostly Bangladeshi youths were involved in these theft cases," he said.
Tripura shares an 856-km border with Bangladesh. Around 80 percent of the border has been fenced. A large portion of the border is unfenced, porous, mountainous and riverine, making it advantageous for anti-social elements. Police said cross-border criminals not only use the unfenced areas to enter India, but also climb over the fence using ladders.
Young Bangladeshi boys are "hired" and sent to Tripura for various crimes including theft, police said."After stealing various materials and cash from remote habitations and vacant houses near the border areas, these youths deposit the materials with their employer against some daily wages
"Recently, three young Bangladeshi thieves demonstrated in front of police how they enter the Indian territory, break into locked houses and then dispatch the stolen material to their Bangladeshi bosses," he mentioned.

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