Overview
- STF officers detained Bangladeshi national Philip Sangma near Shantipur Bypass in Nadia district and a district court ordered his police custody.
- Investigators say Sangma facilitated the illegal entry of Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Hossain, who were arrested on March 8 near the India–Bangladesh border.
- Sangma told police he operated as a border tout moving people for money through the Haluaghat, Bangladesh–Dalupara, Meghalaya corridor.
- Police say he later slipped into India to avoid arrest in Bangladesh, stayed at multiple locations, kept contact with the two accused, and was caught while trying to return.
- Sharif Osman Hadi was shot in Dhaka on Dec 12 and died on Dec 18 in Singapore, and his killing led to unrest in Bangladesh as investigators in India and Bangladesh pursue connected leads.