135 more Bangladeshi nationals who got stuck in India due to coronavirus lockdown returned home through Benapole check post on Wednesday morning.

With the latest ones, a total of 1,300 Bangladeshis have so far returned home from the neighbouring country.

Ahsan Kabir, officer-in-charge of Benapole Immigration Police, said the returnees are being taken to institutional quarantine.

Pulak Kumar Mondol, officer-in-charge of Sharsha Police Station, said the returnees will have to stay in a Madrasha at Gazir Dorgah of the upazila for 14 days.

“They will go home if no one of them tests positive for coronavirus  during the period,” he added.