The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended a Bangladeshi Inspector of Dhaka Metropolitan Police while he was moving suspiciously inside the Indian territory in the general area of Changrabandha in Coochbehar district of West Bengal.
Later, he was identified as Md Seikh Sohel Rana, 46, of Gimadanga, Gopalganj district (Bangladesh). Four debit cards, USD 20, Euro 15, two high end mobile phones with Bangladeshi SIM and few medicines were recovered from his possession. He has been handed over to the local police for further action.
During the preliminary questioning, he revealed that he started his journey from Dhaka by bus on September 2 and reached Patgram in Lalmonirhat district and he crossed over the Indo-Bangladesh border the next day at about 12. 30 PM with the help of one Bangladeshi tout namely Babu of Patgram (Bangladesh) by paying him Taka 10,000. He was arrested on September 3.
Rana joined Dhaka Metropolitan Police as a Sub-Inspector in 2003. He was placed under suspension along with 21 other police personnel from 2003-2008 and his suspension was revoked in 2008.
Rana also revealed that his destination was Kathmandu, Nepal. The apprehended Bangladeshi Police Inspector along with seized items has been handed over to Police Station Mekhliganj for further legal action, it added.