The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested three Bangladeshi nationals and an Indian tout along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura, officials said. In a separate operation, a Nigerian national was also nabbed for trying to "exfiltrate to Bangladesh," the BSF said in a statement on Monday. Acting on specific intelligence, the BSF laid down a special ambush at Kaiyedhepa in the Sepahijala district of Tripura, where they arrested a Nigerian national Maxwel Nweke (34). Nweke for moving suspiciously along the Indo-Bangladesh border road and trying to exfiltrate to the neighbouring country, the statement said.

The BSF further arrested an Indian national named Suraj Prasad, a resident of Amtoli in West Tripura district, who is a listed tout, on the basis of information provided by the Nigerian national. He was fleeing the spot on a motorcycle. In another operation, BSF personnel arrested a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl from Mangroli in north Tripura district. She was attempting to infiltrate into India by crossing the border fence. The girl is a resident of Chandpur village under Kulaura Police station in Bangladesh's Moulvibazar district.