Overview

• On July 14, BSF’s 22nd Battalion intercepted vehicles near Matchokpara based on specific intelligence, detaining 26 Bangladeshi nationals and four facilitators
• The operation brings the total number of Bangladeshis apprehended in Meghalaya in 2025 to 46, according to BSF data
• Odisha authorities discovered that 335 of 444 individuals held for identity verification in Jharsuguda district possessed fake Indian documents
• Joint probes by BSF, Meghalaya Police and Odisha officials are underway to trace smuggling networks and forged identity rings
• Separately, BSF troops in West Bengal drove back seven illegal entrants and rescued 30 cattle from cross-border smugglers