Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the state is being used as a corridor by the Rohingya infiltrators from Bangladesh to either go to Delhi or Kashmir with the help of some brokers in Tripura.
”Assam is now being used as a corridor by the Rohingyas to go to Delhi or Kashmir. Our investigations have revealed that some brokers of Tripura facilitate this infiltration,” Sarma said while addressing the Superintendents of Police convention in Bongaigaon.
During the past several years, infiltration from Bangladesh into Assam was almost zero, but some recent activities have been noticed along the Indo-Bangla border in Karimganj district, Sarma said adding that the director general of police has already taken some steps to prevent this while the Karimganj superintendent of police has been asked to step up vigil to stop infiltration.
”(Authorities of) three districts in Barak Valley (Cachar, Karimgaj, and Hailakandi) should remain active and we should not just confine ourselves by deporting the identified infiltrators but go to Tripura, arrest the brokers, and break the backbone of this syndicate’,” the CM added.
Proactive steps must be taken to prevent Rohingya infiltrators, smugglers, and insurgents outside Assam from using the state as a corridor for transit to other states, he said.
”Intelligence should be increased in all railway stations from Barak Valley to the western border of Assam so that the Rohingyas are intercepted and decisive action is taken against them,” he said adding that Assam police should initiate action both in source states, if the situation so warrants, and also step up surveillance in railway and bus stations.
