The India-Bangladesh border recorded the very best variety of infiltration makes an attempt and arrests among the many nation’s land borders, the Union residence ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
In a written reply to a query by West Bengal MPs from Trinamool Congress Jagdish Chandra Barma Basunia and Sharmila Sarkar, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai shared year-wise knowledge on infiltration makes an attempt and arrests alongside India’s borders with Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar.
The knowledge confirmed that 1,104 infiltration makes an attempt had been detected alongside the 4,096.70-km India-Bangladesh border between January and November, whereas 2,556 individuals had been arrested for allegedly trying to enter India with out paperwork throughout the identical interval.
Since 2014, safety companies have detected greater than 8,500 infiltration makes an attempt throughout India’s borders and arrested over 20,800 infiltrators, with the India-Bangladesh border accounting for the majority of those instances.
Between 2014 and 2024, greater than 7,528 infiltration makes an attempt and 18,851 arrests had been recorded alongside the Bangladesh border alone, the reply mentioned.
The reply additionally acknowledged that since 2014, no infiltration instances have been reported alongside the India-China border.
Along the two,289.66-km India-Pakistan border, round 420 infiltration makes an attempt have been detected since 2014, with about 560 arrests have been reported.
The 1,643-km India-Myanmar border recorded greater than 290 infiltration makes an attempt and almost 1,150 arrests throughout the identical interval, whereas the India-Nepal and India-Bhutan borders collectively noticed near 160 infiltration makes an attempt and round 260 arrests.
