Sahibganj. Bangladeshi youth arrested from Sahibganj, Jharkhand has claimed that more than 3000 Bangladeshis live in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Bangladeshi youth Sumon Mian has revealed this during interrogation. According to the news published in Dainik Jagran newspaper, a Bangladeshi youth has told the police that some infiltrators from his country run a junk shop in Srinagar. The rest of the people are engaged in other work apart from collecting garbage. After Sumon Mian's revelations, Jharkhand ATS is now going to collect more information from him.
Sumon Mian and his four associates were caught from the Brahmaputra Mail train going from Delhi to Guwahati on October 8. Everyone was in the general coach. Sumon had accidentally pulled the chain while sleeping. Due to which the train had stopped and RPF had reached there. RPF had caught Sumon Mian, but his four companions had escaped by dodging. Currency of India, Pakistan and Nepal along with Bangladesh ID was recovered from Sumon. After interrogation, GRP sent Sumon to Sahibganj jail.
Sahibganj, Jharkhand: RPF Inspector, Samiran Chowdhury says, “Yesterday night, when Brahmaputra Express was entering Sahibganj, news was received that the train had come to a halt in the rear general coach due to chain pulling. When the train stopped, the RPF personnel deployed on duty—who were traveling to Malda—investigated the matter and inquired into how the chain pulling occurred. During their search around Barharwa station, they detected a person who admitted that he was sleeping on the upper berth when his hand accidentally struck the chain, causing the pressure to drop unintentionally and stopping the train…”
(Source: RPF)
— IANS (@ians_india) October 10, 2026
Jharkhand ATS had also come to interrogate Sumon, but before that the Bangladeshi youth had been sent to jail. Now ATS is preparing to interrogate Sumon after taking permission from the court. Apart from the way he and his associates reached India from Bangladesh and their contacts in Srinagar, there will also be inquiries regarding the currency of Nepal and Pakistan. Sumon has told the GRP that with the help of an agent, he crossed the border and reached Assam in July this year. The agent gave him the address of Bangladeshi scrap dealer Safar Ali in Srinagar. Then he went to Srinagar and started working. Safar Ali fled when action against Bangladeshis started in Jammu and Kashmir. Due to this, two months of Sumon's salary also got stuck. After not getting any other work, he along with his friends was planning to return back to Bangladesh.