Border Breach at Lohaganj: BSF Nabs 25 Bangladeshi Illegal Migrants Sneaking Back Through Unfenced South Dinajpur Border With Indian ‘Dalaal’, Kashmir Work Trail Raises Alarms

A midnight movement near India’s porous Bangladesh frontier turned into a major border-security interception with BSF detaining 25 Bangladeshi nationals along with an Indian cross-border trafficker near Lohaganj–Panchnagar under South Dinajpur District of West Bengal. The group was intercepted in the early hours of 6 October while allegedly attempting to cross back into Bangladesh’s Thakurgaon district through an unauthorised route.

The attempted cross-border movement came to light after alert local residents spotted the unfamiliar group. Realising that they have been spotted, some of the illegal immigrants attempted to disappear into nearby paddy fields. The Indian Dalaal accompanying them attempting to hide behind a house, but was spotted by a local resident.

The 25 detainees are reportedly not newcomers to India. Local sources claim they had entered India illegally years earlier and subsequently travelled to Kashmir for employment, allegedly working there without valid documents.

Following the interception, the detainees were taken to a local BSF camp for questioning before being handed over to Kushmandi police. The incident puts renewed focus on the vulnerabilities of unfenced stretches along the India–Bangladesh border and on the networks that may facilitate illegal entry, internal movement and eventual cross-border exit.