Border Guard Bangladesh(BGB) members on Saturday detained 10 Bangladeshis while they were entering the country from India without valid documents through Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah district. Three men and seven women were detained  from a field at Gopalpur village of Jadavpur BOP under Maheshpur Battalion around 2.30 pm, confirmed Maheshpur 58 BGB additional director Taslim Mohammad Tareq. Read: Human trafficking gang busted in Dhaka, 3 held Some of the detainees were identified as Mohammad Sohag, 32, Sumi, 29, Mintu Mia, 38, Tuhin, 33, and Mosha Mabia, 25. BGB sources said all of them are Bangladeshi nationals. A casewas filed against them under Section 11 (1) (c) of the Passport Ordinance, 1973 at Maheshpur Police Station for entering Bangladesh illegally from India without a passport.  

Some 304 people entered Bangladesh through Benapole in the last one week after the Home Ministry issued new criteria for entering the country on July 1. However, the number of people entering Bangladesh declined  significantly on Saturday, compared to Sunday and Thursday. After 302 people entered the country from India on Sunday and Thursday, only 2 entered on Saturday. Also read: Benapole to allow entries from India on 3 days a week Officer-in charge of Benapole Immigration Ahsan Habib confirmed the information to UNB. Besides, 56 people, both Bangladeshi and Indian nationals, went to the other side of the border from Bangladesh during the last one week, he informed. Also read: 3,350 Bangladeshis return through Benapole since Apr 26; 17 test Covid positive The Home Ministry on July 3 decided that stranded Bangladeshi nationals in India can enter the country through Benapole port on 3 days of the week, the days being Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Those looking to enter Bangladesh must carry with them an RT-PCR certificate (with a negative result) and NOC from the Bangladesh High Commission in India.