Agartala, June 12 -- A Bangladeshi national has been apprehended from Tripura's Agartala railway station for illegally entering India illegally, officials said.

According to the officials, the security agencies apprehended the Bangladeshi national on Wednesday evening while acting on a tip-off. He was attempting to travel to Kolkata in West Bengal by train.

The joint operation was carried out by the Agartala Government Railway Police (GRP), the Railway Protection Force (RPF), and the Intelligence Branch. The arrested individual has been identified as Abdul Khalek (28), alias Hasim Miah, a resident of Netrokona district in Bangladesh.

As per the preliminary interrogation, the accused had entered India illegally and was planning to trave...