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Infiltration by Rohingyas from Bangladesh through Assam’s Karimganj district is ‘alarming’ and a threat to national security, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a report by PTI .
There is a network of brokers who bring the Rohingyas into Tripura, from there to Karimganj in Assam and then the rest of the country, the chief minister said while addressing a press conference at the conclusion of the two-day conference of superintendents of police in Bongaigaon.
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”Five police teams from Assam are currently in Tripura and working with the state government to act against the brokers,” he said.
The situation is alarming and anyone entering the country illegally without valid papers is a threat to the security of the country, Sarma added.
