Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday that 14 foreign nationals had been apprehended in the state and subsequently deported. However, he did not share information about the origin of these infiltrators.
CM Sarma said in a post on X that the operation is ongoing. “We have pushed back 14 illegal infiltrators early this morning,” he said. The CM added, “You may be hiding in plain sight, but we will find you and expel you from India.”
Assam districts that share an international border
The Karimganj, Cachar, Dhubri, and South Salmara-Mankachar districts of Assam share a 267.5-kilometer-long international border with Bangladesh. There is an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Sutarkandi in Karimganj.
Three ICPs on the India-Bangladesh border
There are a total of three Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) on the India-Bangladesh border in the Northeast, with the other two located at Dawki in Meghalaya and Akhaura in Tripura. Another ICP in the region is located at Darranga in Assam, on the India-Bhutan border.
