Bangladeshis booked for illegal entry into Sikkim released on bail

GANGTOK, 30 Oct: The three Bangladesh nationals arrested by the Sadar police for having illegally entered Sikkim have been granted bail by the court. While bail has been granted, conditions have also been imposed including confiscation of their passports.
Furthermore it is informed that the three, who had been charged under the Foreigner’s Act, have been permitted to leave the state and are no longer in Sikkim. Their surety was paid by a company in Siliguri. They are also required to report to the investigating officer as and when required. The three had been arrested by the police on 17 October and had been remanded to police custody.
Apart from the Foreigner’s Act they had also been charged under section 420 IPC of cheating as the three, as per the police, had pretended to be Indians and a PAN card had also been fraudulently obtained by one of them. It had also been informed that the three had initially given false addresses but later on interrogation revealed their original addresses.
Sources claim that while Md Islam is from Mohammadpur in Dhaka, Md Atik Rahman from village Charadi in district Barisal and Mir Ali is from village Badra police station Shakira in Bangladesh. None of the three had valid documents or Inner Line Permits which is required by any foreign national to enter Sikkim. The three had claimed be working for a company and were supposedly in Gangtok on business purposes.

Three Bangladesh nationals arrested for illegally entering Sikkim

GANGTOK, 17 Oct: The Sadar police has taken three Bangladeshi nationals into custody for having entered Sikkim without valid documents and allegedly on “dubious purposes”. While one of the accused was apprehended near the taxi-stand outside the Police headquarters the other two were picked up at Rangpo as they were trying to leave.
It is learnt that the police had gone to ‘examine’ them at the hotel they had checked into at MG Marg here. However by the time the police arrived all three had ‘fled’, leaving most of their belongings behind.
It is informed that they had checked into the hotel on 15 October at around 7:30 PM and booked two rooms. The very next day, the police moved in but they had already absconded. A massive manhunt was then launched and messages flashed to all police stations and checkposts. Confiscated from their hotel rooms were 2 laptops, an ipod, flashdrives, phones and modems.
Not only have the three been booked under the Foreigners Act but also charged under section 420 of the IPC. It is informed that the three managed to get into Sikkim through the Rangpo checkpost with the help of the PAN card of one of the Bangladeshis, Md. Atik Rahman.
It is further informed that the section 420 IPC of cheating has been invoked as the three pretended to be Indians and the PAN card had also been fraudulently obtained.
None of the three have valid documents or Inner Line Permits which is required by any foreign national to enter Sikkim. As per the orders of the central government, foreigners cannot enter or stay in restricted areas without obtaining permits.
Sources inform that the three had initially given false addresses but broke down under interrogation and revealed their original addresses. Sources claim that while Md Islam is from Mohammadpur in Dhaka, Md Atik Rahman from village Charadi in district Barisal and Mir Ali is from village Badra police station Shakira in Bangladesh.

Mamta wants extra water from Sikkim before okaying Indo-Bangla agreement on Teesta

GANGTOK, 13 Sept: In the final analysis, the outcome of the historic Teesta agreement between India and Bangladesh over the sharing of waters of the Teesta, which originates in Sikkim, could be in the hands of Sikkim and the State government here.
The recent visit of the Prime Minister to Dhaka, Bangladesh was primarily to sign the Teesta water sharing agreement by which India would provide 33,000 cusecs of Teesta water to Bangladesh. The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamta Banerjee, whose concurrence was vital for the agreement since Teesta enters Bangladesh from West Bengal, backed out at the last moment rendering the visit of the Prime Minister to Dhaka almost a damp squib.