Indian man arrested in C’nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 09 (UNB): An Indian citizen was detained from the district's Shibganj Upazila on Saturday morning.

Banirul Sheikh, 33, was detained after entering Bangladesh illegally through Maksudpur border around 8am, said Lt Col Sazzad Sarwar, director of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 53 Battalion.

It is unclear why he had come to Bangladesh without valid travel documents.

Meanwhile, three Bangladeshis - Abdullah, 42, Al Mamun Reza, 35, Suman, 20 - were detained with 300 bottles of contraband phensidyl in the early hours of the day. All of them are residents of Shibganj's Ghughudanga village.