6 Indians held for intrusion in Jaintapur
Senior Judicial Magistrate-III Masum Ahmed yesterday afternoon granted three days' remand for seven people including 5 Indians arrested from Jaintapur border area Sunday afternoon.
Police produced eight people in the court seeking 10 days' remand but the magistrate did not allow remand for a boy, court sources said.
BDR arrested Indrajit Sinha, 40, Lakhpati Sinha, 26, Ranjita Devi, 22, her husband Robin Sinha, 35, Ranjita's sister Aruna Devi, 35, and her son Matri Sinha, 12, while entering Bangladesh territory through Sripur border point.
All of them hailed from Imphal in the Indian state of Manipur.
Jitendra Sinha, 22, of Jafflong and Sirajuddin of Komolganj upazila in Moulvibazar were also taken to custody as they helped the group to cross the border, BDR sources informed.
The border guards also recovered 22,000 Indian Rupees, 6 mobile phones and 12 SIM cards and two bags containing 10 combat dresses from their possession.
The group was handed over to Jaintapur police station Sunday night and filed a case on charge of intrusion and for carrying the combat uniforms, police said.
Superintendent of Police of Sylhet Shakhawat Hossain told this correspondent yesterday afternoon that the arrestees were quizzed for about two hours till 3:00pm at the district police office yesterday. Officials from other agencies including NSI were also present, he added.
During the interrogation the Indians claimed some of their neighbours in Imphal gave them the combat dresses to hand them over to some people in Bangladesh. They are family members and relatives, an official said quoting the Indians.
It could not be ascertained whether the arrestees have link with any insurgent groups in India, the official said. "We need to interrogate them further," he said.
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