Another Bangladeshi intruder arrested in Meghalaya ; 6 in total

Another Bangladeshi intruder who went into hiding after five of his gang members were nabbed by a joint team of Border Security Force (BSF) and Meghalaya Police has nabbed in South West Khasi Hills district on Monday, taking the total number of such arrest to six, an official said.
The sixth Bangladeshi intruder identified as Akram from Jenaghati village under Sherpur district captured and trashed by villagers of Kaitha Kona before took security forces detained him.
“At around 4.30 pm today we received information from the villagers of Kaitha Kona village that a sixth suspect has been apprehended. He is presently being taken to Maheshkhola Public Health Centre for treatment as he has suffered grievous injuries,” Banraplang Jyrwa, the district police chief of South West Khasi Hills, said.
A group of eight to nine armed Bangladeshi nationals, including a Bangladeshi police constable, another “dismissed” Bangladesh army personnel, infiltrated into India on the intervening night of August 7 and 8, and stabbed a villager at Rongdongai village in South West Khasi Hills district.
The five Bangladeshis nabbed so far have been identified as Mubarak Hussain, Marufur Rahman, Mefus Rahman, Jangir Alam and Saem Hussain.
Two are in the hospital after they were beaten black and blue by Rongdongai villagers.
Some of those arrested Bangladeshi intruders, sources said, are now giving conflicting statements before the investigators.
Some claim they are Awami League supporters and Bangladesh’s current hostile political situation compelled them to flee to India, while one of them claimed that he had sneaked inside India to came hunting for Geckos. A forest official said Geckos are listed in Schedule III of India’s Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and are considered highly endangered.
“It is believed that the Geckos’ parts are prized for their supposed medicinal properties in alternative medicines to treat cancer, asthma, diabetes, skin disorders and other ailments in China, Bangladesh and other parts of the East and South-East Asia,” the official said.
But the official said there is no scientific proof to substantiate the purported medicinal properties of this reptile species.
On the other hand, BSF officials said that most of these arrested Bangladeshis met each other in jail and after their release conspired a plan to abduct coal and limestone owners on ransom from Meghalaya.
“These Bangladeshis are criminals who came with intent to abduct Indian businessmen,” Inspector General of BSF (Meghalaya Frontier), O. P. Upadhayay said.
“The fifth accused Mubarak Hussain (arrested on Sunday) was the leader of the gang and planned to kidnap an Indian businessman on ransom. Mubarak was involved in many criminal activities both in India and Bangladesh,” he said.
Jyrwa said the police would ascertain their motive of these arrested Bangladeshi intruders during their custody.