India, Oct. 31 -- As many as 36 suspected Bangladeshi nationals have been detained at a ferry ghat in Assam's Dhubri district, and police said that they might have entered India through a border area of Meghalaya.

A senior police officer on Friday evening told HT that, based on specific intelligence inputs, police launched a search operation at Jogamaya Ferry Ghat and detained 36 men suspected of having entered India illegally.

"We have checked their documents, and it was found that all of them are residents of Chapainawabganj district in Bangladesh's Rajshahi Division," the senior official said.

The search operation was led by Dhubri Senior Superintendent of Police Debashish Bora. He said the motive of the Bangladeshi nationals was ye...