On July 31, the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police, launched an all-out operation against linkmen and touts involved in aiding Rohingya Muslims’ illegal entry into Indian territory and arrested eight suspected linkmen of Rohingya Muslims along the bordering Districts of Tripura, reports The Economic Times. The eight persons have been identified as Uttam Paul, Kajal Sarkar, Sagar Sarkar, Pervez Hussain alias Abdul Hussain, Mohammad Shahadat alias Sahadat SK (Bangladeshi national), Shib Sankar Ghosh alias Boto, Kartik Nama and Bijoy Barua (Bangladeshi national. The STF stated, "They facilitate illegal Rohingya immigrants to board Delhi-bound trains from Kumarghat railway station (Tripura). These touts escorted Rohingyas to board Kolkata/Delhi/ Hyderabad/ Bengaluru bound trains from Dharmanagar, Kumarghat (Tripura) and Badarpur (Assam) by using fake IDs and fake documents.”