United News of Bangladesh

Border Guard Bangladesh on Friday detained 13 people who were reportedly pushed in by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) through the Barlekha border in Moulvibazar. They were detained near the New Pallathal border outpost (BOP). The detainees include four men, three women, and six children. Lt Col Arifjan, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-52, said that the BSF pushed the 13 Bangladeshi nationals across the border into Bangladesh territory. Locals assisted the BGB in detaining them once they entered the country, he added. The identities of the individuals are being verified. Rafiquddin Ahmed, chairman of Uttar Shahbajpur Union Parishad, said on Friday afternoon that the detainees were being kept at a local school under BGB custody. Their identities remain unknown as of yet. BGB detains 15 people after being pushed into Dinajpur by BSF Earlier, on the night of May 24, the BSF reportedly pushed 121 people into Bangladesh through the same Pallathal border in Barlekha. BGB later detained them, verified their identities, and handed them over to the police. The police subsequently released them to their family members. With the latest incident, a total of 285 individuals have been detained while being pushed in through the Barlekha border to date, according to BGB sources.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 10 Bangladeshi nationals, including four children and two women, as they were returning from India through the Rajki border in Moulvibazar on Friday morning. The group was apprehended around 8:30am near the Rajki border under Fultola union in Juri upazila, BGB said. All of them are residents of Kurigram district. Naib Subedar Abul Hashem of the BGB’s Rajki camp said a patrol team detained the individuals from an area between the main pillars along the Chungabari border after finding their movement suspicious. He said that preliminary investigation suggests the detainees had crossed into India several years ago in search of livelihood and had been working as day labourers in the state of Haryana. BSF pushes 19 people into Bangladesh: BGB Indian police detained them on May 9 and handed them over to the Border Security Force (BSF), who later pushed them back through the border without their mobile phones or identification documents. They were provided with food after being brought to the BGB camp and later handed over to Juri Police Station following necessary procedures. Juri Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge, Murshedul Alam Bhuiyan said, “Steps are being taken to hand them over to their family members,” Since May 7, the BSF has illegally pushed almost a thousand individuals into Bangladesh - not all of them Bangladeshis -through various points of the border, and in disregard of due process or protocols.