Manipur : Rohingya traffickers from UP nabbed in Manipur. The accused couple were illegally bringing in Rohingyas from Myanmar into India through borders.
The Manipur police commandos yesterday nabbed a couple who were allegedly trafficking Rohingyas from Myanmar into the state from the state capital Imphal.
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Rohingya traffickers from UP nabbed in Manipur
The couple has been identified as 51 year old Rashid Ali and his wife Khulakpam Tahir Begum who hails from Uttar Pradesh.
“They were arrested from Yairipok Ningthounai Sabal Leikai locality in Imphal East district this morning around 5 am,” Tengnoupal superintendent of police S Ibomcha Singh said.
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The couple was involved in trafficking of four Rohingya Muslims, including one woman in May this year”, he added,
The couple has been absconding since May 1 and has been apprehended under sections of the Indian Penal Code, the SP said.
Rohingya traffickers from UP nabbed in Manipur
Ibomcha Singh, who supervised the operation, said that in May a person who was apprehended by the police in connection with the trafficking of Rohingyas had confessed that at least six of them were brought into the state with the couple’s help.
Some documents were also seized from the possession of the duo, he said adding that investigations are on to unearth the nexus and the related funding process.
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Rohingya traffickers from UP nabbed in Manipur
The Manipur police are on the alert to apprehend Rohingyas who have entered the state illegally from the Indo-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal district and from Jiribam town in neighboring Assam, he added.