32 Bangladeshis stranded in India repatriated

32 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in India due to the lockdown, have been sent back home through a checkpoint in Assam's Karimganj district, a senior police officer on the Indian side said today.

The Bangladeshis -- 14 males and 18 females -- were stuck in Karimganj for a while and their visas had expired, Karimganj Superintendent of Police Kumar Sanjiv Krishna said.

They were sent back to Bangladesh through the Sutarkandi-Sheora checkpoint at the border on Thursday evening, he said.

Of the 32, eight were studying at National Institute of Technology in Silchar in Cachar district, while the others had come to India for medical purposes and got stranded due to the lockdown, he added.

The Bangladeshis were screened by a medical team of the district before they were sent back, the SP said, adding that the policy directives of two countries were followed in the process.