Seven Indian Manipuris including 4 women were arrested on charge of entering into Bangladesh illegally Saturday night.

Kotwali police arrested them at about 12-10 am from a microbus on suspicion as they lacked legal documents forentering into Bangladesh on the eve of Durga Puja, police told this correspondent. During arrest, they were on way to Sylhet from Tamabil border.

The arrested identified them as Apa Devi,36, Namri Devi, 35,her sister Gyaneshwari Devi, 30, Ritabola,30 Bim Sharma, 35, Jadu Singh,35 and Inaochha Singh,28.

They claimed they hail from Kuiyatong in Imphal of Manipur. They told police, they were on way to Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district to perform at various cultural functions of Durga Puja festival at Manipuri habitats there. They entered into Bangladesh with the help of Khashias, they claimed.

A magistrate in Sylhet Sadar sent them to jail after police produced them before court yesterday afternoon.