5 Bangladeshis apprehended at West Bengal border, handed over to BGB: BSF
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Five Bangladeshis have been apprehended by the BSF at Jhorpara outpost in West Bengal's Nadia district, the border guarding force said today.
Five Bangladeshis have been apprehended by the BSF at Jhorpara outpost in West Bengal's Nadia district, the border guarding force said today.
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel nabbed the five Bangladeshis from Bagerhat, Narail and Jashore districts around midnight on Friday, a BSF statement said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. One of them said he came to India for medical treatment and the other four claimed they were looking for work as labourers or domestic help in cities such as Kolkata and Mumbai, reports our New Delhi correspondent quoting BSF.
All five of them were handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel on "humanitarian grounds" after investigation and no charges were pressed on them, the statement added.