Shillong, Aug 5: HYC has urged the state government to activate the Directorate of Infiltration in view of the turmoil in Bangladesh.
In a statement on Monday, HYC president HYC president Roy Kupar Synrem asked the goverment to keep a vigil at the Indo-Bangla border villages of Meghalaya and monitor the inter-state movement of people in order to regulate and check their entry especially of Bangladeshi origin to Meghalaya as a result of the ongoing political instability in the neighbouring country.
“We are apprehensive of the fact that Illegal entry of people may take place from Bangladesh either through our porous borders or through other states sharing international border with Bangladesh, taking shelter as political refugees or asylum seekers or as illegal settlers”, said Synrem.
“Therefore, we urge upon the state government to activate the Directorate of Infiltration to work round the clock in all the strategic locations in the state, to coordinate with local authorities to keep vigil on the movement of people in their villages and to direct the local police stations to strictly monitor movement of people in their local jurisdiction by working in tandem with local authorities”, he added.
