According to police sources, the arrests were made on Saturday from Mahaldarpara village which falls under the Teghari gram panchayat area in the Raghunathganj assembly constituency.
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The West Bengal Police have arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and detained a woman along with her minor son from the border-adjacent area in Murshidabad district on suspicion of being Bangladeshi citizens.
According to police sources, the arrests were made on Saturday from Mahaldarpara village which falls under the Teghari gram panchayat area in the Raghunathganj assembly constituency. The identities of the detained individuals and the validity of their documents are currently being verified.
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Preliminary investigation suggests that the accused had been residing in a village in Suti for a considerable period of time. Investigators are now probing how they allegedly entered the country and whether they have links to any cross-border network involved in illegal infiltration.
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Local residents claimed that although the individuals had been living in the area for a long time, there had been uncertainty regarding their actual identities. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, police conducted a search operation and detained them. Following document verification, two individuals were formally arrested.
A case has been registered under relevant legal provisions, and further interrogation is underway. Police are also examining possible links to illegal cross-border infiltration networks operating in the border belt.
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