Tripura: Around 315 students return from Bangladesh via Akhaura Check Posts in Agartala

AGARTALA-  Around 315 Indian students who were stranded in Bangladesh following the anti-quota stir safely returned through the Akhaura Integrated Check Posts in Agartala and Srimantapur in Sonamura district of Tripura.

Today, 258 Indian 66 Nepalese students entered into India due to recent law and order problem in Bangladesh, said BSF officials.  BSF is extending all possible help to ensure safe return of students stranded in Bangladesh.

Inspector General of BSF Tripura Frontiers, Patel Piyush Purushottam Das, asserts that the BSF is maintaining high vigilance and has mobilized additional forces along the 856 km Indo-Bangla border in Tripura.

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Four Indian students studying at Brahmanbariya Medical College in Bangladesh returned to India via the Integrated Check Post, Akhaura in Agartala today. Out of the four, three of them hail from Assam and one from Meghalaya.

The students said they received help from the Indian Embassy in Dhaka to facilitate their return to India. There are around 70-80 Indian students studying at the Brahmanbariya Medical College and Hospital.

They belong from Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and Haryana. The Indian High Commission and Bangladesh police are in constant touch with the Indian students after the situation deteriorated following the anti-quota stir in that country.

The returnee students said they panicked after the internet connectivity was shut and even the medical college was also closed.

Nearly 120 students hailing from Assam have returned from Bangladesh, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Ajay Tewari told PTI that the Assam students have so far entered India through Integrated Check Posts at Sutarkandi in Karimganj district and Dawki in Meghalaya.

“In the Northeast, students and other people are entering through the ICPs in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. Till Saturday night, 76 students who hail from Assam entered from Dawki while another 41 students from Sutarkandi,” he said.

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He also said that students from Barak Valley are mostly coming through Sutarkandi, while those belonging to the Brahmaputra Valley have entered through Dawki.

Meanwhile, Students from Nepal, Bihar and other states are also coming in. Most of the students belonging to Tripura have returned through Akhaura post in that state.