India returns 3 Bangladeshis
Friday, 21 March 2014
India has returned three Bangladeshis arrested while illegally trying to go to Malaysia via sea. The Border Security Force (BSF) handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday night at the Benepole border in Jessore. The youths have been identified as Momin Uddin, 22, and Yasin Mia, 30, hailing from Brahmanbaria’s Banchharampur upazila, and 26-year old Habibur Rahman of Sadar upazila of Narsingdi district. Naeb Subedar Mohammad Abdullah, BGB Camp Commander at Benapole under Sharsha upazila said the three had boarded a trawler 52 days ago from Cox’s Bazar in their bid to go to Malaysia. The trawler malfunctioned at the deep sea in the Indian maritime boundary. An Australian ship rescued them and handed them over to Indian Coast Guards. BGB has handed over the youths to Benapole Port Police Station on Thursday night, according to bdnews24.com.