Close watch: A BSF jawan keeping vigil along the Bangladesh border in Dhubri district of Assam
Bangladeshi diplomat says they were stranded because of the lockdown
The police in western Assam’s Dhubri district on Sunday detained 27 Bangladeshi nationals, who had entered the State on a tourist visa before the COVID-19 lockdown but were found to have been working for a contractor in the eastern part.
The 27 persons, travelling on two minibuses that were seized, were caught during a routine check at Bahalpur under the Chapar police station.
The police said they were studying the travel documents of the 27 people and organising their health check-up.
Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Anant Lal Gyani said the vehicles had come from Jorhat in eastern Assam, 470 km from Chapar, on curfew passes issued