Overview

• Security forces in Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar district arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals in a pre-dawn raid and are holding them at the Sishumara outpost for biometric verification and repatriation.
• Two Indian touts linked to the Assam operation have been charged under human trafficking and foreigners laws as investigators probe wider infiltration networks.
• At Amzadnagar in South Tripura, BSF personnel fired on a violent smuggling attempt on July 25, killing two Bangladeshi nationals and injuring another.
• The Tripura action yielded a seizure of medicines valued at ₹15 lakh and led to the detention of two Indian smugglers.
• These moves follow a Home Ministry directive for expedited identification and deportation of undocumented migrants and have drawn scrutiny over use-of-force protocols.