Sons go to India leaving parents
It was a heartbreaking moment for the Barman family.
Jitendra Nath Barman and his wife Shanti Bala Rani yesterday went to Burimari-Changrabandha border in Lalmonirhat to say goodbye to their sons -- Sushanata Chandra Barman and Prashanta Chandra Barman -- who were leaving for India forever.
Embracing their sons one last time before they went to the other side of the border, the old parents cried, “Who will take care of us now? Who will give us food and cremate us when we die. We don't know how we will pass our time without them.”
Residents of former enclave of Banshkata in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat, the elderly couple did not want their sons to become Indian nationals.
When the sons and their wives decided to go to India, they persuaded their parents to join them but Jitendra and Shanti declined. They wanted to stay in their ancestral homestead with their only daughter Josna Rani.
With them, 130 people of 30 families of five former enclaves of Patgram went to India through Burimari-Changrabandha route yesterday.
Sunil Agarwal, additional district magistrate of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, received them.
Meanwhile, a second batch of 147 people of 28 families of two former enclaves -- Coatbhajini and Balapara of Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh -- left for India yesterday through Chilahati-Haldibari border.
Additional Deputy Magistrate Golam Azam handed over the people to First Secretary of Indian High Commission in Bangladesh Rama Kanta Gupta at checking and loading point at Gajokathi High School ground in Debiganj around 9:00am.
Iysha Rani, additional district magistrate of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, received the people.
A total of 177 people were supposed to go to India yesterday, but 30 of them temporarily opted out, as they would go after selling their land, ADM Golam Azam said.
A third batch of 150 people and a fourth batch of 111 people will leave for India on November 24 and 26, he added.
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