Seven Bangladeshi returned home on Saturday after serving a three-year imprisonment in India for illegal entry.

The returnees are: Rabiul Islam (28), Faisal (30), Mintu Barai (32), Aynal Matabbar (35), Ripon Kholifa (35), Shahidul Sheikh (33), and Alamin Hossain (26).

They are residents of Jashore, Narail, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Brahmanbaria, and Barisal districts.

Ibrahim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Benapole Immigration Police, said the Petrapole Immigration Police of India handed them over to the Benapole Checkpost Immigration Police nn Saturday evening.

Later, they were handed over to Benapole Port Police Station after completing immigration procedures, he said.
One of the returnees, Faisal, is a wanted fugitive, facing charges in a weapons case at Nabinnagar Police Station in Brahmanbaria.

The OC said that Faisal will be taken to Jashore Court on Sunday.

The other six individuals were handed over to their families by the NGO Justice and Care.

Muhith Hossain, Senior Programme Officer at Jessore Justice and Care, confirmed that six of the returnees were received at Benapole Port Police Station and will be reunited with their families.

Ripon Kholifa said that they had travelled to India's Kolkata, three and a half years ago through a broker in search of work.

While working there, they were arrested by Indian police. The court sentenced them to three years in prison for illegal entry, and they were sent to Dum Dum Central Jail.