Guwahati, Dec 12 (IANS): The Assam Police foiled an attempt of illegal infiltration from Bangladesh, and two citizens of the neighbouring country were apprehended in this connection, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The two apprehended persons were later pushed back to Bangladesh by the security personnel, Sarma said on Wednesday.

Taking to X, the Chief Minister wrote, “In yet another successful operation of nabbing illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators, two Bangladeshis were apprehended near the International border and pushed back across the border by @assampolice.”

The persons were identified as Simu Begum and Md. Ujjal.

Sarma also applauded the efforts of security forces and he posted, “Good job team!”

The security and vigilance along the international border with Bangladesh was heightened following the unrest in the neighbouring country.

Sarma earlier asserted that although some of the Bangladeshi infiltrators managed to get Aadhaar cards, they can not enroll themselves in the voter list.

He said: "There is no chance that people cross illegally the international border from Bangladesh and get themselves enrolled in the voter list in Assam because we have caught many people who illegally entered Indian territory and they were pushed back within a few hours. Most of the infiltrators were arrested in the morning around 5 a.m. and before 9 a.m. in the morning, they were pushed back to the neighbouring country. In two or three hours, they can not register themselves in the voter list.”

However, the Chief Minister sees no harm to remain double vigilant in this matter.

“We have decided to take a slew of measures against the detection of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh because there might have been possibilities that a few infiltrators could not be arrested by the security personnel,” he added.

The Chief Minister asserted that people from Bangladesh come to India as poverty has climbed up in the neighbouring country after the recent unrest following the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government there.

He also claimed that contrary to conventional apprehension, mainly people who belong to Muslim community have been trying to cross the border and enter India illegally for the sake of jobs.