**Agartala, Oct 10:** Acting on a tip-off, the Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a Bangladeshi national and an Indian tout from Agartala Railway Station on Thursday morning. The arrests were made around 8:30 a.m. near the station’s main gate following a swift operation based on specific secret intelligence.
The arrested individuals have been identified as **Deepu Ghosh (25)**, son of **Dulal Ghosh**, a resident of **Sukanta Nagar under Gangarampur Police Station in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal**, and **Asha Das (18)**, daughter of **Tirtha Das**, a resident of **Kaunia in Rangpur district, Bangladesh**.
According to police sources, the duo was apprehended while attempting to travel from Agartala to another location. During preliminary interrogation, **Asha Das reportedly confessed** to entering India illegally through the **Sepahijala district border**, allegedly assisted by the Indian tout. The GRP suspects that the two were part of a larger cross-border trafficking or illegal migration network operating along the India-Bangladesh border.
Following their arrest, a specific case has been registered at **Agartala GRPS Police Station** (Case No. 2025GRP097) under **Sections 61(2)/249(b)/143(2)** of the *Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023*, along with **Sections 14(A)(b)** and **14(C)** of the *Foreigners Act, 1946*, and **Section 3** of the *Passport (Entry into India) Amendment Act, 2000*.
Both accused have been taken into police custody for further interrogation. Investigators are probing the circumstances of Asha Das’s entry and whether the duo had any links with cross-border trafficking rackets. Legal proceedings are underway, and authorities are coordinating with border security and intelligence agencies to trace the wider network facilitating such illegal entries.
