Fifty-nine more people including women and children were pushed into Bangladesh allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) through Habiganj, Sylhet and Khagrachhari borders early Monday.
In Sylhet, twenty-one people including women and children were pushed into Bangladesh allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) through Kamalganj
border in Moulvibazar district early Monday.
The BGB members detained them while entering into the country around 7:45am through the Materbol border area in Madhabpur union of Kamalganj upazila.
The detainees include seven men, six women, and eight children.
According to BGB sources, upon verification, it was found that all 21 individuals are residents of Kurigram district.
Commanding officer of BGB-46 Battalion Lieutenant Colonel ASM Zakaria, said the individuals
will be handed over to Kamalganj Police Station for further legal procedures.
Earlier on May 7, BSF pushed in 15 Bangladeshis, including women and children, through the Doloi border in Kamalganj.
With this latest incident, a total of 36 people have been pushed into Bangladesh and detained by BGB in May alone.
In Habiganj, nineteen more people including women and children were pushed into Bangladesh by BSF through Kalenga border in Chunarughat upazila of the district early Monday.
Zakaria Ibne Quader, in-charge of Kalenga BGB, said the BSF members pushed them around 7:30 am though the border and they were detained by the BGB members.
In Khagrachari, nineteen people. including women and children, were pushed into Bangladesh by BSF through Khagrachhari border early Monday morning.
The BSF members pushed them around 3:30am through the Feni River while BGB took them under their custody and kept them at a local government primary school.
Matiranga Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Manjurul Alam said they were verifying the identities of the detainees and they will be sent to their respective area after confirmation of their identities.
With these, the BSF has so far pushed 104 people into the country in the current month through borders in Khagrachari.
