Guwahati: Five Bangladeshi nationals, including two women and two children, have been returned to Bangladesh by India after being arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) as they attempted to breach the international border between the two nations and enter Indian Territory.
The BSF turned these five Bangladeshi nationals over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday at 8:30 am, the force announced on Tuesday.
The five Bangladeshi nationals were detained by BSF personnel stationed at Border out Post Madhupur, within the South Bengal Frontier, for allegedly crossing the international border unlawfully.
The BSF claimed that one of the Bangladeshi women admitted during questioning that she had brought her entire family into India illegally from Bangladesh in order to receive better care for her mother, but the BSF had detained them all at the border.
The BGB was given the detained Bangladeshi people as a show of compassion and goodwill.
The BSF is taking strict precautions, according to the 68 Battalion’s commanding officer, to stop infiltration at the Indo-Bangladesh Border.
Some innocent Bangladeshis are securely handed over to the BGB “considering the seriousness of the crime of the captured people and to maintain the mutual cooperation and goodwill of the Border Guarding Force of both nations.”
Due to sporadic problems, the BSF, which is tasked with policing the 4,096 km border between India and Bangladesh, sends the unlawful intruder back to the BGB.