Bangladesh: 21 Bangladeshis return home after serving 5 years jail term in India

DHAKA, 08 December 2022, (TON): Twenty one Bangladeshi women, men, and children have returned to the country via Benapole border after serving five years jail term in India.

Indian police handed them over to Benapole Immigration Police at 6:45 pm, reports our Benapole correspondent quoting Md Raju Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Benapole Check-post Immigration Police.

He said “the arrestees were hailing from Narail, Dhaka, Faridpur and Khulna districts.”

He added that among the returnees, 10 are women, 6 are men and 5 are children.

The police official said a team of Indian police had arrested them from Kolkata city for visiting India illegally.

The OC said “around five and half years ago, a human trafficking gang took them to India through various borders, promising to arrange lucrative jobs.”

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