The incident occurred in the general coach of the Howrah-Amritsar Mail as it approached Bilpur station under the Moradabad division.

The group, consisting of two women and three men, was identified as Md Imran (22), Md Abu Jamir (20), Md Azizul Hossen (22), Yasmin Ara (20), and Raju Begam (35).

Tapas Das, Officer-in-Charge of Agartala GRP, disclosed that acting on a tip-off late Sunday night, they apprehended 11 suspects who confessed to entering India from Bangladesh without valid documents.