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A report by the Calcutta-based newspaper Anandabazar claimed that Indian police had found a 200-meter tunnel on the Bangladesh-India border. They claimed that a tunnel was found in the Balia area of Assam’s Karimganj district on Friday (January 1) after rescuing a kidnapped man.
According to the Anandabazar newspaper, the Karimganj district police have received information that the tunnel is used for international smuggling, including smuggling and kidnapping.
Dilwar Hossain, a resident of Shilua village under the Karimganj Nilambazar Police Station, was abducted on Sunday (December 28). Later, the kidnappers called his family from a number in Bangladesh and demanded a ransom of Tk 5 lakh. When Dilwar’s family agreed to pay, the kidnappers gave some instructions and asked Alimuddin, from nearby Nayagram, to pay. When the police arrested Alimuddin, they released Dilwar.
After returning home, the police questioned Dilwar. Then Dilwar reported on the tunnel. Later on Friday, a task force led by the Karimganj district police superintendent carried out an operation in the Balia area. The police found a tunnel there more than 200 meters long.
Karimganj District Police Superintendent Mayank Kumar Jhan told Anandabazar that the tunnel location was covered with forests. Barbed wire fence above. Tunnel under it. The face of the tunnel will look like a normal hole. According to Dilwar, it looks like a common hole in the tunnel at the end of Sylhet in Bangladesh. The evildoers regularly move down that path.
The BSF has been asked to close the Indian part of the tunnel immediately, the police superintendent said. He is also in contact with senior BSF officials on the matter. They have already arrested several people in the incident. They are being questioned.
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