SONAMURA, May 10 (TIWN): A special investigation team led by BSF, BGB, Tripura Police have revealed that the 4 smugglers were handed over to Tripura Police on Tuesday night actually residents of Bangladesh Comilla Dist. A BGB team arrived in state after the smugglers were arrested, has been identified as : 1) Parimal Saha (37), Abul Kalam Azard (22), Mh. Ali (37), Sajibar Rahman (43) who were nabbed with 2 lakhs 3 thousand US Dollars along with valid VISA, Passports from Simatapur Border. The investigation revealed that the smugglers via Tripura use to carry gold from Bangladesh, whereas after reaching at Kolkata they exchange them with US dollars & again via Tripura they reach their destination Bangladesh. However, SDPO Babul Das said the matter is fully under Custom office. TIWN Sonamura correspondent reported that on Tuesday night BSF 145 Btln had banned those smugglers and handed over to Tripura Police at the night. On Wednesday a meeting was conducted among India and Bangladesh officials and later the culprits were handed over to custom office.

Sonamura, the “gateway of all kinds of illegal business” for smugglers still unsafe, due to lack of border fencing at many places of Border areas.  This border area allegedly acts as the safe corridor for Ganja, liquor, drug smuggling.

Tripura's Indo-Bangla border turning sensitive due to Bangladesh Govt's week-long clampdown on dismantling all terrorist outfits and their networks in the country.

Apart from that Tripura's 35 % borders are yet unfenced.