The India-Bangladesh border recorded the highest number of infiltration attempts and arrests among the country’s land borders, the Union home ministry told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
In a written reply to a question by West Bengal MPs from Trinamool Congress Jagdish Chandra Barma Basunia and Sharmila Sarkar, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai shared year-wise data on infiltration attempts and arrests along India’s borders with Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar.
The data showed that 1,104 infiltration attempts were detected along the 4,096.70-km India-Bangladesh border between January and November, while 2,556 persons were arrested for allegedly attempting to enter India without documents during the same period.
Since 2014, security agencies have detected more than 8,500 infiltration attempts across India’s borders and arrested over 20,800 infiltrators, with the India-Bangladesh border accounting for the bulk of these cases.
Between 2014 and 2024, more than 7,528 infiltration attempts and 18,851 arrests were recorded along the Bangladesh border alone, the reply said.
The reply also stated that since 2014, no infiltration cases have been reported along the India-China border.
Along the 2,289.66-km India-Pakistan border, around 420 infiltration attempts have been detected since 2014, with about 560 arrests have been reported.
The 1,643-km India-Myanmar border recorded more than 290 infiltration attempts and nearly 1,150 arrests during the same period, while the India-Nepal and India-Bhutan borders together saw close to 160 infiltration attempts and around 260 arrests.
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