BSF returns challenged woman in Kushtia
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) returned a 40-year-old physically challenged Bangladeshi woman through a flag meeting on Tuesday, five months after she crossed the border illegally.
The flag meeting was held between BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Challishpara border point in Daulatpur upazila of the district in the afternoon.
Nayek Subedar Fazlur Rahman, commander of BGB's Ramkrishnapur Camp under 47 battalion, said mentally challenged Sheuly Khatun, wife of Didarul Islam of Challishpara village in Daulatpur upazila, crossed the border illegally on April 5 and went missing.
Informed by family members, BGB wrote to adjacent Jalangi BSF camp under Murshidabad district of West Bengal on April 12.
On September 3, BSF of Jalangi camp informed the Ramkrishnapur BGB about rescue of the woman.
After necessary procedures, both border forces sat at a flag meeting.
Later, the woman was handed over to her family.
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