BSF hands over 29 Bangladeshis to BGB

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 29 Bangladeshi nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through Benapole border on Saturday hours after they had been detained for crossing the border illegally.

The detainees, who hail from Faridpur, Narail and Chittagong district, include eight women and four children.

Members of BSF detained them from Bongaon border in India on Saturday noon on charge of intrusion into the Indian territory, said Subedar Abdul Hamid, in-charge of Benapole camp of BGB 26 Battalion.