Churaibari: A group of 13 Rohingyas including four men, three women and six children were detained by the Assam police on Tuesday ( December 22) night in Churaibari village near the Tripura border.
They were trying to enter Assam and were planning to move on to other parts of India. The police detained them during the checking at the border gates near Churaibari area.
The group of Rohingyas was heading towards Delhi, Hyderabad and Jammu and Kashmir via Guwahati from Tripura in a bus carrying a Meghalaya registration number.
According to police, preliminary investigation revealed that the Rohingyas have been living in Cox’s Bazar, Rohingya camp of Bangladesh since 2016 and from there they entered Agartala. On Tuesday they left by the night bus and were moving towards Delhi, Hyderabad and Jammu and Kashmir.
The police also recovered fake Aadhaar cards, watches, Rs 4000 in Indian currency and many other items from them.
Source: The Sentinel
