Guwahati, Mar 22 (PTI) Three Bangladeshi infiltrators were apprehended in Assam's Sribhumi district and sent back, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

"@sribhumipolice successfully intercepted three individuals attempting to cross the border illegally," Sarma said in a post on X.

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"The team promptly apprehended the infiltrators and took swift action to push them back," he added.

The infiltrators were identified as Sazzad Hussain, Saiful Islam and Md Nazmul Haque.

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Over 315 infiltrators have been pushed back from Assam, and vigil along the 1,885-km-long Indo-Bangladesh border in the North East had been intensified since turmoil broke out in the neighbouring country last year.

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