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74 Bangladeshis return via Benapole
Seventy-four Bangladeshi nationals, who got stuck in India, returned home through Benapole check-post under a special arrangement on Wednesday.
The body of a Bangladeshi was also brought back.
Ahsan Kabir, officer-in-charge of Benapole Immigration, said these people went to India for treatment and travel purposes and got stuck when the Indian government declared shutdown till May 3.
Sunil Das, a returnee, said he went to Chennai for treatment two months ago.
Puluk Kumar Mandal, Sharsha Upazila Nirbahi Officer, said 477 people have so far returned from India since April 6 and they were kept in quarantine at Benapole Municipality Biye Bari and a madrasha on Jahore-Benapole Highway.
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