Indian police return 7 Bangladeshis, BSF 2
Seven Bangladeshis, all aged below 30, were returned by the Indian authorities to Tamabil immigration police Sunday evening.
Superintendent of police (SP), Sylhet Shakhawat Hossain told this correspondent that the group was yesterday handed over to the police stations concerned.
They were later sent to the families, the official said adding, they were jailed in India after police caught them on charge of illegal intrusion.
The youths are Harunur Rashid, Almas Ali and Alamgir Hossain of Baligram under Jaintapur upazila, Mashuk Ahmed of village Baro Ali under Gowainghat and Alim Uddin, Abdul Mazid and Mamun Rashid of Sonarkher under Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet.
Some Indian Khasias took them to India for working at orchards in the border area, sources said.
However, the victims claimed that although the Khasias hired them for work, they later handed them over to the police.
Harun ur Rashid said he had been in the Khowai Jail since October of 2009 along with three other Bangladeshis.
Alim Uddin, Abdul Mazid and Mamun Rashid were in jail for 25 days till Sunday last.
Our correspondent in Satkhira reports: Two Bangladeshi fishermen, who were abducted by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from the bordering river Ichchamati in Debhata upazila on Friday, were returned to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after a flag meeting on Sunday afternoon.
The fishermen are Firoz Kabir Kalu, 32, son of Abul Hossain and Sekendar Ali, 32, son of Amir Ali of village Shibnagar in Debhata upazila.
BGB sources said, Kalu and Sekendar were catching fish in the Ichchamati in Bangladesh territory near Sreepur. All of a sudden, some BSF men with a speedboat appeared there and took them away with their fishing net and boat.
The BGB authorities sent a letter to the BSF protesting the abduction and asked them to return the fishermen.
Responding to the protest letter, a camp level flag meeting was held between the BSF and BGB at zero point near Debhata on Sunday and later the fishermen were freed.
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