The Border Security Force of India pushed 18 more people into Bangladesh through a border point under Gangni upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday.
With the latest push-ins, the number of people, including Rohingyas and Indian nationals, pushed into Bangladesh by the BSF since May 7 has increased to 1,993.
The Indian BSF has also pushed at least 169 Rohingyas, including 50 registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India, into Bangladesh.
The BSF pushed 18 individuals into Bangladesh through Kazipur border point under Gangni upazila in Moulvibazar district in the early hours of Tuesday, Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha reported.
On information, members of the Border Guard Bangladesh detained them.
Later, they were handed over to the police stations concerned for further investigation, said Bani Israil, officer-in-charge of Gangni police station.
On July 24, the Human Rights Watch said that Indian authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Bengali Muslims to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, claiming that they are 鈥榠llegal immigrants.
The international rights watchdog, in a press release posted on its website, said that the people expelled between May 7 and June 15 this year include Indian citizens and about 100 Rohingyas from Myanmar.
