Apprehension of people illegally crossing the India-Bangladesh border in South Bengal has dropped in 2023, but there has been a spike in smuggling of gold and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) along the same border. According to the South Bengal Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF), 2,345 persons were apprehended for illegally crossing the border between January to November 2023.
Among those apprehended during the year include 1,410 Bangladesh nationals, 864 Indian citizens and 61 Rohingyas.
The BSF officials said that the apprehensions had marginally dropped compared to the last year when 2,966 persons were apprehended during the entire year of 2022. Last year, border guarding forces had apprehended 1,951 Bangladeshi nationals, 936 Indian citizens and 79 Rohingyas.
