Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Five Bangladeshis, Indian Alleged Tout Arrested in Malda Operations
Police and the Border Security Force arrested six people in Malda, India.
Five of them are from Bangladesh, and one is Indian.
Two people were stopped after police said they were moving suspiciously.
One of the two, Ripon Biswas, is suspected of helping people cross the border illegally.
A court ordered that Biswas and Manik stay in police custody for five days.
In a separate raid, four more Bangladeshi nationals were arrested.
Those four were sent to a holding centre in Malda.
Police and the BSF then increased searches in the area.
Police and the BSF arrested five Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian citizen in two operations in Malda’s Habibpur area.
Manik alias Royal and Ripon Biswas were intercepted while allegedly moving suspiciously at Bhabanipur on Tuesday evening.
Police suspect Biswas, an Indian resident, was facilitating Bangladeshis’ illegal movement across the international border.
A court remanded Manik and Biswas to five days of police custody on Wednesday.
Four other Bangladeshi nationals were sent to Malda’s holding centre after a joint police-BSF raid.
- Who
- Five Bangladeshi nationals and Indian citizen Ripon Biswas were arrested by police and the BSF.
- What
- They were arrested in two operations, with Biswas suspected of helping Bangladeshis cross the international border illegally.
- When
- The arrests took place on Tuesday; Manik and Biswas were remanded on Wednesday.
- Where
- The operations occurred around Bhabanipur in Habibpur, Malda district, West Bengal, India.
- Why
- Police suspect Ripon Biswas was facilitating the illegal movement of Bangladeshis across the international border.
- Total arrested
- Six people: five Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian citizen.
- Main location
- Bhabanipur in Habibpur, Malda district.
- First operation
- Police intercepted Manik alias Royal and Ripon Biswas on Tuesday evening.
- Court action
- A Malda court remanded Manik and Biswas to five days of police custody.
- Second operation
- Habibpur police and the BSF jointly raided Bhabanipur and arrested four Bangladeshi nationals.
- Holding centre
- The four Bangladeshi nationals arrested in the second operation were sent to Malda’s holding centre.
- Follow-up action
- Police and the BSF intensified searches in the area after the arrests.