Illegal Bangladeshi immigrant held in Batadrava

A Bangladeshi immigrant illegally residing in Amlokhi village under Batadrava Police Station, Nagaon was apprehended on Sunday midnight at around 12.15 a.m, a police official said.

Acting on a tip-off,a police team led by Rajib Baruah, Officer in-command of Batadrava Police Station,arrested the Bangladeshi who was declared as foreigner by the Nagaon District Foreigners Tribunal on 2007. The foreigner, identified as Sarif uddin who migrated to Assam after 1971,was sent to the Foreigners Detention Camp in Tezpur, the sources added.