Detained 'smugglers'freed
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday detained nine alleged smugglers, including five women, in Hili port area of Hakimpur upazila but they were released by local leaders. Sources at Joypurhat-3 BGB Battalion at Hili check post said, acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB raided a Rajshahi-bound intercity train at about 8:30am and detained the nine along with Indian saris and cumin (jira). Following the incident, several hundred alleged smugglers in the area besieged the check post, demanding the release of the detainees. On information, the leaders rushed in and released them following undertakings from them, said Habildar Md Khorshed Alam of the check post.
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