BGB detains 3 Indians, 5 Bangladeshis at Jhenaidah border
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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained eight people, including three Indian nationals, while they were attempting to enter India through the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah.
A patrol team of Srinathpur BOP of Maheshpur 58 BGB detained them around 3 am on Thursday.
Assistant Director of 58 BGB Munshi Imdadur Rahman confirmed the matter and said they were detained from near the bridge over the Ichamati River in Haldarpara village, around 300 yards inside Bangladesh from main pillar 61-R on the border.
The three detained Indian nationals are Mibani Singh, 26, Debkumar Biswas, 33, and Debashree Biswas, 15. They are the residents of Nadia, West Bengal.
The five detained Bangladeshis are Shubhajit Das, 20, and Dulali, 40, of Gopalganj, Samiya Akter, 17, of Narayanganj, Purnima Mridha, 21, of Pirojpur, and Anjana Singh, 18, of Barishal.
BGB added that during preliminary interrogation, the Indian nationals said they had come to Bangladesh to visit relatives’ homes.
On the other hand, BGB informed that the detained Bangladeshis were attempting to go to India for the purpose of working in homes.
Imdadur said the process of handing over the detained individuals to Maheshpur Police Station to take legal action is underway.
