By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, Jan 10: The BSF Meghalaya Frontier and the state police have denied any reports about Bangladeshi women being trafficked to mainland India through the borders of Meghalaya.
Delhi Police had recently launched an operation targeting trafficking rackets, uncovering routes used to transport Bangladeshi women into India through Meghalaya and Assam. According to the Delhi Police, the first module of this syndicate was working inside Bangladesh, which was from Durgapur in Bangladesh to Baghmara in India.
They first come from neighbouring areas of Bangladesh and reach Baghmara in Meghalaya by autorickshaw, motorcycle or on foot.
From Baghmara, immigrants were transported to Assam railway stations (Krishnai and New Bongaigaon), facilitating further travel to major cities like Delhi and Kolkata.
However, the BSF officials in Meghalaya dismissed allegations of trafficking through the Indo-Bangla border, stating that infiltrations largely involve families or groups rather than individually trafficked women.
South Garo Hills Superintendent of Police, Shailendra Bamaniya also reported no confirmed case or input on trafficking, though he acknowledged arrests of male Bangladeshis attempting infiltration.