10 girls return home after serving 3 yrs in Indian jail

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UNB, Benapole :
Ten Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Sunday night after serving three years’ jail in Indian prison.
The girls hail from Satkhira and Jessore districts .
Indian police handed them over to Benapole check post immigration police at night.
Police said the arrestees went to India illegally in search of jobs three and half years back.
Later, Indian police arrested them from Mumbai and sentenced them to 3 years imprisonment each for illegally crossing the border. Apurbo Hasan, officer-in-charge of Benapole Port Police Station said they handed the girls over to their respective families.
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