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…