B’deshis carrying on businesses, working illegally: BSF
Newmai News Network, The Assam Tribune
January 5, 2008
http://www.assamtribune.com/jan0508/ne3.html

The arrest of two Bangladeshi nationals at Lantilla in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya has opened a new window on how Bangladeshis have been carrying on businesses and working in the major towns of the State.

The Border Security Force personnel arrested two Bangladeshi nationals at Lantilla in Jaintia Hills on Wednesday night and the revelation confirmed the long suspected Bangladeshis prospering in the State.

The BSF party arrested Subhash Singha and Brij Mohan Singha, both from Maulvi Bazar. While Rs 22,463 in cash was recovered from them, the amazing fact is that one owned a welding shop while the other is engaged in trade for the past two years in Jowai town.

Following the duo’s revelations, the Additional Deputy Inspector General of the BSF (Assam, Meghalya and Nagaland frontier) VK Sikarvar said today, “The continued illegal intrusion of Bangladeshis for smuggling, theft, manual work and other trans-border crimes is a matter of concern for the BSF as well as a cause of misery to the border population”.

While the arrested duo were handed to the Dawki Police station for legal action, the BSF statement today only authenticates the people’s long held belief that it is not the Indians but the Bangladeshis who are the threat to the local populace.