21 illegal returnees arrested

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 21 Bangladeshi nationals while they were illegally entering the country through Shikri border area under Benapole Police Station yesterday morning,

Lt Colonel Jahangir Hossain, commanding officer of BGB 26-Battalion, said, acting on secret information, a team of BGB conducted a drive in the area and arrested 11 men, eight women and two children while they were illegally entering Bangladesh from India.

Later, BGB handed them over to Benapole Police Station.

A case was filed in this connection.