Dhubri: Lakshiganj police in Dhubri district arrested Robial Sheikh, a suspected Bangladeshi national, in Udmari and shifted him to Dhubri for questioning by the Crime Branch.According to police sources, Sheikh was detained during an operation in Udmari and questioned at Bilasipara police station to establish his identity and nationality. He was later taken to Dhubri for further interrogation.Bilasipara OC Biswajit Bhadra told TOI that Sheikh said he was from Lalmonirhat in Bangladesh, near Dhubri district.The source said Sheikh was suspected of being linked to a larger network involved in cross-border illegal activities.In June, another Bangladeshi national, identified as 32-year-old Muqtar Hussain from Dinajpur, was apprehended by the BSF’s 89th Battalion and later arrested by Assam police in Dhubri district. Hussain was also suspected of being involved in illegal cross-border cattle smuggling and anti-national activities.The two cases have drawn attention to suspected cross-border illegal activities in Dhubri district, which shares an international border with Bangladesh.
