Youth returns from Indian prison

A Bangladeshi national returned home on Tuesday through Burimari border in Patgram upazila of the district after serving 26 months in an Indian jail.

Indian police handed him over to Burimari immigration police in presence of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF).

The returnee is Mohanta Roy, 24, son of Jhantu Roy of Nawdabash village under Hatibandha upazila of the district.

Police and BGB sources said BSF arrested Mohanta while he was entering India illegally through Doikhawa border of Hatibandha upazila 26 months ago.

When asked why he had gone to India, Mohanta said he went to look for a job in Delhi where many Bangladeshis work at brick fields and the construction sites.