The detention of Bangladeshis illegally getting into Tripura by the worldwide border has risen by 36 per cent from final yr, Chief Minister Manik Saha stated on Tuesday.
“We’re surrounded by Bangladesh on three sides. BSF is defending the border within the first line, whereas TSR (Tripura State Rifles) jawans are positioned within the second line, and the state police within the third line are carefully monitoring the border. The variety of instances elevated by 18 per cent in 2024 from 2023. The detention of unlawful immigrants from Bangladesh has elevated by 36 per cent now,” he stated whereas talking at a programme in Agartala the place he handed over appointment letters to 975 new police recruits.
Saha acknowledged that the BJP-led state authorities had offered 17,554 authorities jobs until March. “In 2025 alone, 4,499 appointment letters have been handed over,” he stated. “Not like the earlier governments, police have been given freedom and we’ve determined to not intervene of their work. Police are doing their job to keep up legislation and order within the state.”
Saha stated Tripura has the third-lowest crime fee among the many 28 states of the nation. The general crime fee declined 19.4 per cent in 2024 from 2023 and additional by 10 per cent within the first 4 months of 2025. The street accident fee declined 13 per cent in 2024 from 2023. The state has launched a 24×7 helpline (1091) at each police station to make sure girls’s security, he added.
Later, Saha wrote on social media, “With a major decline within the general crime fee over the previous few years, the federal government is now working in direction of the objective of constructing Nasha Mukt Tripura. In addition to, the state authorities is offering jobs and creating infrastructure. On this course, right this moment handed over affords to 975 police constables–643 males & 332 girls–in an occasion held at Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhavan, Agartala right this moment. Congratulated the recipients and prolonged greatest needs to them for his or her new part of life”.
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