19 Bangladeshis teens return after serving 2 years in Indian jail
Nineteen Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home tonight through Benapole check-post after two years in an Indian prison.
They went to India -- with help of brokers -- without any passport or visa two and half years ago in search of work, reports our Benapole correspondent quoting Raju Ahmed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Benapole Immigration Police.
All the girls were aged between 16 to 19, he added.
Indian police arrested them from different parts of the country and a court later sentenced them to two years in jail, the OC said, adding that after the completion of their jail sentences, they were kept at Pune Rescue Foundation Shelter Home.
He added that they returned to Bangladesh through special travel permits with the intervention of the two countries' home ministries.
They were taken to Jashore Gazi Dargah for a 14-day mandatory quarantine. After completion of the quarantine they will be handed over to a local NGO to ensure their return to their families.
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