Staff Reporter :
The number of illegal intruders into Bangladesh from India for fear of National Register of Citizens (NRC) of the country suddenly has risen.
Often everyday people from India are intruding into Bangladesh territory through Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah.
Among them, at least 200 Indian intruders were detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in last two weeks, according to Jago News.
BGB said, most of the intruders are Muslims. They left India as NRC fear gripped them, and because of persecution by local people.
After detaining them, they were produced in the court and the court sent them to jail on charge of entering Bangladesh illegally, BGB said. Sources in BGB said that the Bengali speaking people were coming to Bangladesh through Jaluli, Palianpur and Khosalpur borders in Maheshpur upazila. In the first 15 days of November, BGB members detained 75 women, 64 children and 64 men.
on Tuesday, they held four Indian nationals.
Kamrul Ahsan, Commanding Officer of BGB-58 at Khalishpur, said that those who migrated from Bangladesh to India are facing various difficulties and pressure specially in Bangalore that is why they left the country.
They claimed once they were in Bangladesh, and gave addresses of inpassable areas. That is why BGB cannot scrutinize these, said Kamrul, adding that superior authorities were informed regarding this.
Locals said the number of intruders much higher than BGB mentioned. They entered Bangladesh hoodwinking the border security force members.
BGB official Kamrul claimed they are careful. There is no chance to play tricks with them.
Regarding this, Maheshpur Police Station Officer in-Charge Rashedul Alam said most of the detainees are from Bagerhat and Khulna areas. They went to India two decades ago.
About the intrusion, human rights worker Aminur Rahman Tuku said if the people used to arrive from India to Bangladesh in such a way a new burden of refugee would be created.
The intruders may involve themselves with various offenses as most of them sold their properties while leaving country, Aminur said.
The human rights worker also urged the government to discuss with India to resolve the problem.
Deputy Commissioner Saroj Kumar Nath said he talked to the detainees. They told him that they were in India without passports. Recently they were being searched by the local people there, and those who sheltered them were also being asked to refuse shelter that led them to flee the country.
