Karimganj (Assam):In a rare and bold migration incident being reported along the Indo-Bangladesh border, a man crossed into the Bangladeshi territory after swimming across the Kushiara river on the Indo-Bangladesh border on Friday, sources said. It is learnt that the man has been arrested by the Bangladesh Border Guards for the infiltration even as Assam Police has also launched an investigation into the incident.
Sources said that the incident took place in Karimganj area along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Friday. Sources said that the Assam resident set out for Bangladesh by swimming in the Kushiara River along the Indo-Bangladesh border by the town of Karimganj in the Barak Valley of Assam in the afternoon on Friday.
As locals noticed the man swimming in the river, a huge crowd of people assembled to have a glimpse of the act with many people shooting the act with their mobile phones. A video of the man swimming across the river is being widely shared on the Internet. Locals said that the man left a bag on this side of the bank of the river.