India, Dec. 11 -- A Tripura court on Wednesday convicted three Bangladeshi nationals and sentenced them to one year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.10,000 each for violating the Indian Passport Act. If they fail to pay the fine, they will have to undergo another six months of simple imprisonment.

The three convicts were identified as Mohammad Raihan Miah and Nuru Alam Miah, residents of Hafu Banga, and Mohammad Mohi Uddin of Kathal Kandi in Bangladesh.

They were arrested in the last week of October for intruding into India and were convicted under the Indian Passport Act, the IPP Act, and the BNS at the Dharmanagar police station in North Tripura district, the Tripura police said in a statement.

After investigation, sub-inspe...