New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the lower house that about 21,348 infiltrators were deported and 9,145 arrested along the border with Bangladesh in the last five years.
As many as 5,930 infiltrators were arrested on Indo-Bangladesh border by Border Security Force in 2015, 5,147 in 2016, 4,706 in 2017, 3,390 in 2018 and 2,175 in 2019, said the Minister. Also 3,426 infiltrators in 2015, 2,075 in 2016, 1,175 in 2017, 1,118 in 2018 and 1,351 in 2019 were deported .
The government said that it had undertaken several steps to tackle infiltration including round-the-clock surveillance and patrolling on the borders ad establishment of observation post, construction of border fencing and floodlighting; introduction of modern and hi-tech surveillance equipment, upgradation of intelligence setup and enhanced coordination with the state governments and concerned intelligence agencies.
