Paradip, Aug 15: As many as 12 persons suspected as Bangladeshi intruders were detained by police in Paradip on Thursday.
They were interrogated by police after they unboarded a Cuttak-Paradip bus in the morning.
Sources said, the persons, suspected to be Bangladeshi intruders had reportedly commuted from the Babughat area in Kolkata to reach Paradip.
Anticipating more infiltration by Bangladeshi intruders into Odisha amid the political unrest in Dhaka, Paradip police has beefed up its strong vigil in the bus stand, sea beach, refugee populated slums and on the entire Paradip coast.At the same time, the Marine Police has also intensified its patrolling in the sea in checking the boats and fishing trawlers to check infiltration.
Verification of documents possessed by the suspected persons is underway to ascertain their nativity, said police.
