12 back from Indian jail

Twelve Bangladeshi people returned home on Tuesday through Benapole check post after serving four years in an Indian prison.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at night.

The returnees include nine teenage boys, two women and a kid.

Four years ago, the 12 entered Indian territory without valid documents through Jessore border in search of jobs.

Later, Indian police arrested them from Kolkata Railway Station in West Bengal. A case was filed against them.

An Indian court sentenced them to four years' imprisonment each for illegally crossing the border, said a BGB official.