25 rescued while being trafficked to India

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 25 people at Satkhira Sadar upazila while they were being trafficked to India on Thursday. Subedar Kabir Ahmed, commanding officer of Taluigachha BGB camp, said acting on a tip-off that some Bangladeshis were being sent to India through the border point, a BGB petrol team conducted a drive at Sub-pillar-3 under the Main Pillar-12 at Taluigachha border point and rescued 12 men, nine women and four children. However, the human traffickers fled the scene after sensing the presence of the border guards. All the victims hail from different parts of Bagerhat, Khulna, Barguna and Jessore districts. The rescued were handed over to Sadar Police Station, according to UNB.