Guwahati, Sept 23: In a fresh move intensifying Assam’s hardline stance against illegal infiltration, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday, announced that 37 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, including women and children, were pushed back across the international border.

“Good bye infiltrators; your time’s up in Assam! 37 uninvited guests have been pushed back to their own homeland in Bangladesh from the Sribhumi sector. Just letting you all know in advance—All unwanted guests will be treated with the same gesture.”

Though the exact timing of the operation was not disclosed, Sarma said such push-back measures have become a routine part of his administration’s campaign to keep Assam infiltration-free.

He had earlier claimed that each week, 35 to 40 infiltrators are intercept

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