Border with Bangladesh records highest number of infiltration attempts in 2025: India
The India-Bangladesh border witnessed the highest number of 1,104 infiltration attempts among India's international borders with other South Asian countries, the Lok Sabha, lower House of parliament, was told.
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in a written reply to a question yesterday (17 December) that 2,556 arrests were made in connection to infiltrations between January and November this year.
He said 79% of the border with Bangladesh and 93.2% of the border with Pakistan have been fenced.
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The 4096.70 km long India-Bangladesh boundary accounted for the bulk of infiltration cases with over 7,500 attempts and more than 18,800 arrests recorded between 2014 and 2024, according to Rai.
Rai said there 32 infiltration cases and 49 infiltrators were arrested on the India-Pakistan border this year till November. The India-Myanmar border saw 95 infiltration cases and 437 arrests and the India-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan border, 54 infiltration cases and 78 arrests in the first 11 months of this year.
No infiltration cases were reported along the India-China border, the minister said.
Rai said that since 2014, more than 8,500 infiltration attempts have been detected across India's borders, while over 20,800 infiltrators have been arrested.
