14 teenagers return from India after serving jail

Fourteen Bangladeshi teen-age girls returned home yesterday through Benapole check-post after serving three years in an Indian prison.

Indian Border Security Force handed them over to Benapole check-post BGB Camp. Later, BGB handed them over to Benapole Port Police Station.

Officer-in-Charge of the police station Ikbal Hossain said the 14 girls had entered India illegally over three years ago.

Indian police arrested them from Mumbai and a court there sentenced them to three years' imprisonment each.

Sub-Inspector Motiur Rahman said they handed the returnees over to their families through Rights Jessore and Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association.