Staff Reporter :
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 32 more people while they were entering Bangladesh from India through Balur Math area of Doulatpur border early Sunday.
Among the detainees, 17 were men, 13 women and two children.
BGB- 49 Camp Commander Mozammel Hossain said on secret information that a big number of people will intrude into the country from India, the BGB conducted a drive and detained them from a mango garden.
All the detainees were handed over to Benapole Port Police Station, he said.
Jorina Begum, 35, one of the detainees, said they had been living in Bengaluru of India for a long time.
“Police detained them and sent them to Bangladesh,” Zarina claimed.
Alamgir Khan, 45, another detainee, said seven of his family members were living in Bengaluru but Indian police detained them and handed them over to Border Security Force (BSF) of India.
“BSF men pushed us into Bangladesh territory through the border,” Alamgir said.
The detainees also claimed that they hail from Bagerhat and Munshiganj districts.
Before that BGB had detained 22 Indian citizens at Nischintapur and Mogdaspur areas of Maheshpur upazila, Jhenaidah early Saturday.
With these 32 intruders the total number of detained persons stood at 276.
