3 policemen closed for trespassing into India

Three constables of Benapole immigration police were withdrawn yesterday for illegally entering India.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) caught them at the no-man’s-land between Benapole and Petrapole, Benapole immigration police OC Abul Bashar told this paper.

The constables -- SK Azam, Ruma Bepary, and Trisha Biswas – had entered the neighbouring country without passports to purchase fruits, he said.

“While returning, Ruhul Amin, a broker, met them at the no-man’s land. The BSF men from Petrapole camp searched them and found Tk 1.2 million hundi money inside Amin’s bag.”

The BSF handed over the constables to Bangladesh but kept Ruhul Amin in their custody, said OC Bashar.  

The constables were closed to Jashore Police Lines by the order of Salahuddin Shikder, additional superintendent of police in Jashore, he added.