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Indian national held in Petrapole trying to smuggle mobile phones into Bangladesh: BSF

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File photo of India-Bangladesh border. Photo taken from Wikimedia Commons.

An Indian national was arrested for trying to smuggle mobile phones into Bangladesh through the Petrapole integrated check-post in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, the Border Security Force (BSF) said today.

Acting on a tip-off, BSF personnel stopped a truck at the international border on Saturday and seized six new mobile phones concealed in the driver's cabin, the BSF said in a statement.

During interrogation, the truck driver, a resident of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh, claimed he was given the mobile phones by a person at a petrol pump in Chakdaha of North 24 Parganas district and was asked to deliver those to a person in Bangladesh, the statement said.

He claimed the man at the petrol pump had promised him Rs 500 upon delivery of the mobile phones, it said.

The driver was arrested and the truck, along with the mobile phones and export goods with a total valuation of Rs 21 lakh, was seized and handed over to customs officials at Petrapole, the statement added.

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Indian national held in Petrapole trying to smuggle mobile phones into Bangladesh: BSF

bangladesh border
File photo of India-Bangladesh border. Photo taken from Wikimedia Commons.

An Indian national was arrested for trying to smuggle mobile phones into Bangladesh through the Petrapole integrated check-post in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, the Border Security Force (BSF) said today.

Acting on a tip-off, BSF personnel stopped a truck at the international border on Saturday and seized six new mobile phones concealed in the driver's cabin, the BSF said in a statement.

During interrogation, the truck driver, a resident of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh, claimed he was given the mobile phones by a person at a petrol pump in Chakdaha of North 24 Parganas district and was asked to deliver those to a person in Bangladesh, the statement said.

He claimed the man at the petrol pump had promised him Rs 500 upon delivery of the mobile phones, it said.

The driver was arrested and the truck, along with the mobile phones and export goods with a total valuation of Rs 21 lakh, was seized and handed over to customs officials at Petrapole, the statement added.

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সংস্কার ও নির্বাচন প্রক্রিয়া নিয়ে চলতি মাসেই ঘোষণার ইঙ্গিত প্রধান উপদেষ্টার

জাতীয় নির্বাচনের আগে প্রয়োজনীয় সংস্কারের গুরুত্ব পুনর্ব্যক্ত করে প্রধান উপদেষ্টা ড. মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস চলতি মাসের শেষের দিকে সংস্কার ও নির্বাচন প্রক্রিয়া সম্পর্কে একটি ঘোষণার ইঙ্গিত দিয়েছেন।

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