UNB, Benapole :
Seventeen Bangladeshi nationals who had been trafficked out to India were rescued here while they were entering the country through Daulatpur border point earlyyesterday .
The 17 people, including six women and three children, hail from Narail and Gopalganj districts.
Nayek Subedar Nurul Islam, Daulatpur camp commander of 21 BGB battalion, said a team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), acting on a tip-off, conducted a drive in the area and rescued the 17 people.
They were handed over to Benapole Port Police Station.
Sensing BGB’s presence, the human traffickers fled the scene.
