Guwahati: Police detained 36 Bangladeshi nationals in Dhubri on Friday for allegedly entering India illegally through a river route.Dhubri shares a 134-km border with Bangladesh.“We received information about a large group attempting to enter India from Bangladesh. Accordingly, we kept the river ghats on alert for the past two days. Early this morning, we received specific information, which was confirmed by our sources, following which our team apprehended 36 people,” Senior SP Debasish Borah said.The detainees were found on a country boat at Jogamaya ghat on Brahmaputra, about 20 km from the international border.Preliminary investigation suggests they are residents of Chapainawabganj district in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi division. All the detainees were men aged between 30 and 50, Borah said.Police recovered documents and mobile phones from them, and verification is underway.“A team has been constituted to interrogate them. We have also informed other agencies, and the matter will be investigated in coordination with them. Who helped them enter India illegally through the river route and how they entered will be found during the investigation,” the official said.Some detainees allegedly said they intended to travel to different parts of India.“However, their identities, intended destinations and the circumstances under which they crossed the border are yet to be established,” he added.
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