On 26 December, the Government Railway Police (GRP) took into custody 4 Rohingyas, including one woman, at Badarpur Railway Station, Dainik Jugasankha reports in its Silchar edition. They were caught by the GRP on Saturday morning when they were deboarding from Rajdhani Express at Badarpur Station. They were later arrested and taken into Badarpur GRP Police station by the authorities. After interrogation, they revealed to the police that they had travelled from Jammu to Delhi and then taken the Rajdhani Express to Badarpur Station from Delhi. Their final destination was Hailakandi.
The four who were arrested by the GRP are Mohammad Zubair (28), Rubban (21) from Myanmar’s Arakan region, Ilias(28) from Dhankali region and Mohammad Hussain (22) from the Itaf Region. Sources have said that the police, after arresting them, has taken them to Sri Gouri Government Hospital for a medical checkup. Badarpur GRP police station’s ASI Mujibur Rahman handed them over to a court in Karimganj on Saturday Evening.
Visible panic was seen at the Badarpur Railway Station after the incident.