AGARTALA, Sept. 24 -- The Tripura high court has waived the remaining jail sentences of four Bangladeshi citizens convicted of illegally entering the country and ordered the government to repatriate them to Bangladesh.

A bench justice T Amarnath Goud delivered the order on Monday in two cases.

In the first case, police arrested a couple in the border district of Unakoti in February 2025 for entering the country in violation of the Passport (Entry into India) Act and the Foreigners Act.

Ratilal Das and his wife, Binita Rani Das, were among the 13 people detained by the Border Security Force (BSF) at Srirampur Manu bridge on February 27, 2025, on suspicion that they were Bangladeshi nationals. Three Indian nationals, accused of trying to...