21 held while going to India illegally
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained 21 Bangladeshi nationals while they were going to India through Putkhali border without valid documents early yesterday.
The arrestees are from different areas of Gopalganj and Narail districts.
BGB sources said the border guards, acting on a tip-off, raided the Putkhali border area around 4:00am and arrested 21 Bangladeshis, including eight women and three children, while they were crossing the border without passports.
The arrestees were later handed over to Benapole Port Police Station. They were yesterday produced in a court that sent them to jail, said Shamsur Rahman, Putkhali camp in-charge of BGB 26 Battalion.
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