The Border Security Force foiled attempts by a group of African nationals to enter India from Bangladesh through the Belonia border in south Tripura on Sunday morning.
One Nigerian was detained, while his accomplices fled. This is the tenth detention of Nigerians in Belonia in the past three months.
ABSF patrol intercepted a few people moving along the Muharichar border in Belonia and challenged them.
They immediately started running towards Bangladesh, but one was caught.
A mobile phone and some personal belongings were seized from him.
‘Wanted to visit Delhi’
The young Nigerian said they entered India to visit New Delhi. He claimed that visa-related problems forced them to make the desperate attempt.
He was later handed over to the police and arrested for illegal entry into India. He would be produced in a court on Monday morning, a police official told The Hindu .
