75 B’deshi immigrants held near Kaziranga

Local residents in Jakhalabandha town held 75 suspected Bangladeshi immigrants on Saturday after they arrived in the railway station from Dhubri.

The suspected Bangladeshi nationals were coming from Dhubri by the Dhubri-Silghat passenger express which reached Jakhalabandha station in the morning.

When asked, they failed to submit any valid document and later admitted that they were on their way to Kuthori near the Kaziranga National Park.

Sixty members of the group, including a female have been detained at the Jakhalabandha police station. Fifteen others have been released.