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Meghalaya : HYC demands tighter border vigil after 27 Bangladeshis nabbed in Assam

Shillong, Sep 20 (UNI) The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) has demanded the immediate reinforcement of surveillance along vulnerable stretches of the India-Bangladesh border, following the detention of 27 Bangladeshi nationals in Assam who crossed into Indian territory through the Dawki sector in Meghalaya.

In a statement issued on Sunday, HYC president Roy Kupar Synrem asked as to how 27 foreign nationals could allegedly cross the international border through Dawki, travel through Meghalaya and reach Assam without being detected.

“For years, HYC and civil society organisations have highlighted vulnerabilities along portions of the Indo-Bangladesh border and warned about organised networks facilitating illegal cross-border movement. Yet, the response of the authorities continues to be reactive rather than preventive,” he said.

Assam Police on September 16 arrested 27 Bangladeshi nationals in two separate operations — 12 from the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) campus at Paltanbazar in Guwahati and 15 from the Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Express in Rangiya.

Police had said the intruders include men, women and minors, were using Guwahati as a transit hub to move to other parts of India in search of green pastures.

“The government cannot treat this matter as resolved merely because these individuals were eventually apprehended in Assam. The real issue is how they allegedly crossed the border, how they travelled through our region without detection, and whether an organised network facilitated their movement,” the HYC president asked.

Demanding a “thorough and time-bound investigation into the entire chain of events,” Synrem said that the alleged involvement of touts, brokers, transporters, facilitators, or anyone else involved in illegal entry and movement must be identified, investigated, and prosecuted in accordance with the law.

The Meghalaya-based pressure group also called for immediate strengthening of surveillance along vulnerable stretches of the India-Bangladesh border, including footpaths and traditional crossing points.

It further sought a comprehensive review of the security gaps that allegedly enabled this movement, effective intelligence-sharing and coordinated action among the BSF, Meghalaya Police, Assam Police and other concerned agencies, identification and investigation of networks, facilitators and intermediaries involved in illegal cross-border movement.

The HYC president emphasised on “greater monitoring of routes from border areas into the interior”, particularly routes connecting Meghalaya with Assam and fixing of responsibility wherever negligence or dereliction of duty is established.

He also called upon the Meghalaya and union governments to immediately review security arrangements along the Dawki sector and other vulnerable portions of the international border, and to implement concrete corrective measures “rather than limiting the response to statements and assurances.”

“Let there be no misunderstanding: the HYC's concern is not against any community. Our stand is clear—the indigenous people of Meghalaya have every legitimate right to demand that the State's international borders are effectively secured and that illegal migration does not adversely affect the State's social, economic, and demographic interests,” Synrem said.

Stating that Meghalaya cannot be allowed to become a “corridor for illegal entry”, the HYC president stressed that the “authorities must stop waking up only after alleged illegal entrants have crossed the border and travelled deep into the region”.

The organisation advocated that border security must focus on prevention, detection, and accountability—not merely apprehension after the fact.

Stating that the reported Dawki incident “must serve as a wake-up call to the authorities”, Synrem said, “the government must secure the border, expose and dismantle any networks facilitating illegal entry, identify the security failures that allowed the alleged movement to occur, and ensure that such vulnerabilities are not repeated.”

“The people of Meghalaya deserve answers. More importantly, they deserve decisive action - not another assurance,” Synrem said.
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