26 arrested from border
Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) personnel arrested 26 people including 7 women and two children from Baro Achra and Sadipur border at Benapole while they were entering Bangladesh illegally from India early yesterday. BGB nayek subedar Liakat Ali at Benapole check post said, acting on a tip off, they raided Baro Achra and Sadipur and arrested them. The arrestees are Alpana Begum, 18, Shahida Khatun, 17, Rafiza Begum, 18, Kabita Begum, 20, Rahima Khatun, 16, Fatema Begum, 21, Hasina Khatun, 19, Yasin Sarder, 25, Miran Sheikh, 30, Rafiq Sheikh, 35, Rassel Mondal, 38, Aga Khan, 40, Habib Sheikh, 35, Humayun, 5, Kabir, 8, Mithul Sheikh, 29, Golam Hossain, 37, Rabbani, 30, Selim Hossain, 36, Abdul Halim, 28, Faruq Hossain, 27, Ataur Rahman, 33, Khawaja Mollah, 28, Shafiqul Alam, 24, Habibur, 34, and Shariful Islam, 29. The arrestees hailed from different areas of Jessore, Khulna, Barisal and Narail districts. All were later handed over to Benapole port police.
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