Indian ‘cattle smuggler’ held in Kurigram
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained an alleged Indian cattle smuggler from Bangladeshi territory on Dantbhanga border in Roumari upazila of Kurigram today.
The detainee is Nuruzzaman Ahmed, 25, son of Surut Ali at Kanaimara village under Hatsingimari police station in Dhubri district of India, our Lalmonirhat correspondent reports, quoting a BGB official.
The Indian youth was detained from Jhaggar Char area near pillar no- 1057 this noon on charges of illegal entrance, said Lt Col SM Azad, commander of 35 BGB Battalion.
Commander Lt Colonel SM Azad said when the Indian national entered into Bangladesh illegally through Dantbhanga border at noon, the patrolling BGB members of Dantbhanga BGB camp in Roumari upazila detained him.
During the primary interrogation, the youth told BGB that he entered Bangladesh for transacting of cattle smuggling money.
The detained Indian national was later handed over to Roumari Police Station, added the BGB official.
Montaser Billah, officer-in-charge (OC) of Roumari Police Station, said a case was filed against the detained Indian under the Illegal Entry Act.
He will be produced before a court in Kurigram tomorrow morning, added the OC.
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