Tripura: Five human traffickers arrested in major joint operation

Security forces in Tripura have arrested five traffickers following a coordinated operation across multiple locations in Sepahijala district.

Speaking to India Today NE, Tapas Das, Officer-in-Charge of the Government Railway Police (GRP) Agartala, said that the GRP, in collaboration with the 81st Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF), Tripura Police’s Sonamura and Jatrapur police stations, launched a successful joint operation based on secret intelligence inputs.

The arrested individuals — Jalil Mia (41), Md. Hasan (31), Monir Hossain (37), Shri Jasimuddin (36), and Alamgir Hossain (37) — were picked up from Kathalia Mura, Urmai, Majidabari, and Birampur under Jatrapur Police Station in Sepahijala district.

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“All five had been absconding for a long time in connection with two separate human trafficking cases,” Das informed.

Police sources confirmed that the operation was meticulously planned to apprehend the traffickers who had been evading arrest for months. Further investigation is underway to dismantle the full network involved in trafficking activities.

Authorities have assured that strict action will be taken against all those associated with the human trafficking racket.