BONGAIGAON: Police apprehended four Bangladeshi nationals near New Bongaigaon Railway Station on Saturday and said they had entered India using forged documents.
The four were identified as Mohammad Zubair, Sattar Mia, Alamin Hossain and Sale Ahmed. Police said Zubair and Mia were from Mymensingh, Alamin from Gazipur and Sale Mohammad from Sunamganj.
Bongaigaon Police apprehended them in coordination with the Railway Police following an intelligence input, police said.
Police said the four had entered Assam through the border of a neighbouring state. A police source said they may have used a route through Tripura, where touts allegedly helped them obtain forged Indian documents.
Police were examining the possible role of an organised network in facilitating their entry and providing forged identity documents. The four were suspected to have been heading to South India in search of jobs in retail or security services.
Bongaigaon Senior Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said police expected to apprehend members of the suspected network soon. Legal proceedings had been initiated and the accused would be deported to Bangladesh after their completion, he said.
