Agartala, October 15: Three unidentified Bangladeshi cattle lifters were hacked to death, while two Indian villagers sustained injuries in a clash between the two sides in a border village in Tripura’s Khowai district on Wednesday, officials said. A senior police official said that two Indian villagers from the Bidyabil area under the Champahowar police station in Khowai district had gone to work in a rubber garden near the India-Bangladesh border. The duo noticed three Bangladeshi men hiding in the rubber garden, and when challenged, the cattle lifters turned aggressive and attacked them with daos (sharp-edged weapons), injuring both.

The two injured Indians returned to the village and informed others. Some villagers then rushed to the border area, detained the three Bangladeshis after a clash, and allegedly hacked them to death. The two injured villagers from Bidyabil are currently undergoing treatment at the Behelabari government Hospital. A police team, along with forensic experts, reached the spot and recovered the three bodies, which were later sent to Khowai district hospital for post-mortem examination. The situation is stated to be under control. Senior officials also visited the spot, and an investigation is underway. Six Bangladeshi Infiltrators Held in Assam, Pushed Back: CM.

Meanwhile, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, in a joint operation with Tripura Police, conducted a raid in the Karamtila border area of South Tripura district on Tuesday and recovered a consignment of clothes worth Rs 8 lakh, a BSF spokesman said. He said that in separate operations, alert BSF troops foiled several smuggling attempts along the India-Bangladesh border, rescuing cattle and seizing contraband worth Rs 5 lakh that was intended to be smuggled into Bangladesh. Bangladeshis With Fake Aadhaar Cards Arrested: BSF Foils Infiltration Bid Along Indo-Bangladesh Border in West Bengal’s Murshidabad.

Tripura, which shares an 856-km-long border with Bangladesh, is surrounded on three sides by the neighbouring country, making the northeastern state highly vulnerable to cross-border illegal activities. Except for some patches, most of the frontier has been fenced to prevent smuggling, trans-border crimes, and illegal infiltration.

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