Six Bangladeshis Detained at Maheshpur Border in Jhenaidah While Trying to Enter India

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained six Bangladeshi nationals in the border area of Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah while they were illegally entering India.

The six were detained at noon on Thursday (12 November). Five of them are men and one is a woman.

The information was given in a press release sent at around 3pm on Thursday by Munshi Imdadur Rahman, assistant director of the Maheshpur 58 BGB Battalion.

According to the release, members of the Khosalpur BOP under the Maheshpur Battalion (58 BGB) were patrolling the area of border pillar 60/77-R at noon. During the patrol, the BGB detained the six from the brick kiln area of Solemanpur village near the border.

The detained men are Alam Mia (34) of Kuruchai village under Gafargaon police station in Mymensingh, Rohat Mia (31) of Elongjuri village under Itna police station in Kishoreganj, Shaukat Mia (24) of Bhogra Dakshin village under Gazipur Sadar police station, Sanjay Mondal (36) of Kaulibera village under Bhanga police station in Faridpur, and Masud Rana (35) of Fatehpur village under Atwari police station in Panchagarh. The sixth detainee is a woman.

After the detention, the six were handed over to Maheshpur police station.

Maheshpur police station officer-in-charge Imran Hossain said the BGB detained the six from the border area and handed them over to the police station. All of the detainees are Bangladeshi citizens, and proper legal action will be taken against them.