BELONIA, May 25 (TIWN): Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday mid-night detained one 26 years old Bangladeshi youth while he was trying to cross the Indian border at Belonia Hrishyamukh Indo-Bangla border without valid documents and passport. However the detained was suspected to be engaged to smuggling business through the bordering areas of the state. The Bangladeshi youth was identified as Mohammad Allmamun, resident of Bangladesh Hrishyamukh. On Sunday midnight acting on a tip off concerned 168 battelion of BSF Commandant detained the Bangladeshi while he was trying to cross the Indian border to enter Bangladesh. He was found having no valid documents and passport. Reportedly the Bangladeshi Mohammad Allmamun, resident of Bangladesh Hrishyamukh entered India through the unfenced bordering area. Later the concerned BSF Jawans received information that the Bangladeshi would cross the border again, but leaving no stone unturned the concerned BSF commandant along with his staffs rushed to the area and managed to detain him from the bordering area at Belonia Hrishyamukkh area.

However on Monday the detained youth was handed over with Belonia Police Station on Monday and later he was produced before the court. Police suspects that detained Bangladeshi youth Mohammad Allmamun is engaged to minor smuggling business.

According to the report of the month of April this year while erection of barbed wire fencing is in progress along 92 km Indo-Bangla border, a total of 135 km border, mostly in the State’s eastern part still remains unfenced.

Besides, the smuggling like cattle smuggling has of course became a maater of concern in the unfenced bordering areas of the state. A major reason for the flourishing trade is the export ban imposed by India. The demand for beef in Bangladesh is quite high but the supply is limited. The smuggling mainly takes place through North and South Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya frontiers.

The smugglers also take advantage of loopholes in Indian laws. The law does not ban movement of cattle from one state to another. This is exploited by the smuggling networks to transport cattle from distant states in trucks.

Smuggling of various commodities across the state’s international border with neighbouring Bangladesh was a major concern for the country’s economy and the menace was brought under curtailment after the erection of fencing along the India- Bangladesh border in different bordering states of the country like West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura and Mizoram.

But the fencing work was halted in some places throughout the various states due to diverse local reasons and the unfenced areas are posing threat to the country’s internal security, economy and population imbalance.