Saturday, April 26, 2025

BSF apprehends FICN racketeer

Date:

Share post:

FICN used to buy cattle for smuggling, reveals accused

SHILLONG: The BSF troops deployed at Maheshkhola, South Garo Hills apprehended an FICN racketeer from the Indo-Bangladesh Border Fence in the area on Wednesday. The apprehended person was identified as Kamrul Islam (22) from Sunamganj, Bangladesh.
FICN worth Rs 27,000, ganja and a mobile phone were recovered from the possession of the accused who had infiltrated into Indian territory.
The accused revealed that he had been involved in petty smuggling of liquor and forest produce from India to Bangladesh earlier. Subsequently, he came into contact with some Bangladeshi racketeers who were involved in smuggling of cattle and FICN. He was lured by them into the crime.
This time he had come to pay FICN as advance money for cattle consignment to an Indian namely Jobson Sangma resident of Gandhigiri, Maheshkhola.
FICN and cattle smuggling are closely linked as FICN is used to make payments for the items smuggled from India to Bangladesh.

Related articles

SRH all but end CSK’s chances

Chennai, April 25: Pacer Harshal Patel made the best use of a sluggish Chepauk surface as Sunrisers Hyderabad...

Railway infra, Kashmiri Pandits on terror target; security forces on alert

Srinagar, April 24: Security forces are on high alert after inputs suggested that terrorists are “actively planning” an...

Houses of 2 LeT terrorists bombed

Srinagar, April 25: The house of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) terrorists, including the prime suspect of the Pahalgam terror...

Abhinav claims hat-trick as Meghalaya beat Arunachal

1st Little Masters Trophy Shillong, April 25: Abhinav Khanal took a hat-trick to set up a comprehensive seven-wicket victory...