Six Rohingya minors apprehended from railway station in Tripura

Police said they were forwarded to Juvenile Justice Board on Sunday and sent to a juvenile home.

Railway police apprehended six minor Rohingya Muslims, three boys and three girls, from Dharmanagar railway station in North Tripura district on Saturday night.

Rohingya refugee children talk to each other in Palong Khali camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh January 14, 2018. (REUTERS)

They were forwarded to Juvenile Justice Board on Sunday and sent to a juvenile home. They will be produced before the board again on January 24.

Police said the six entered India through Sonamura border in Sepahijala district on Saturday and then reached Dharmanagar by bus. They were about to head to Hyderabad, police added.

“We didn’t find any kind of belongings or documents on them,” said GRP officer Indrajit Sinha.