The Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday pushed 40 more people into Bangladesh through different border points in Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat and Thakurgaon districts.
With the new push-ins, the number of people, including Rohingyas and Indian nationals, pushed into Bangladesh by the BSF since May 7 has increased to 2,112.
The Indian border force has so far pushed at least 173 Rohingyas, including 50 registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India, into Bangladesh.
The BSF pushed 23 people, including 13 women, nine men and a child, at dawn through different border points of Harivasha union under Sadar upazila in Panchagarh on Wednesday, 抖阴精品 correspondent in Panchagarh reported.
The detained individuals said that they were originally from Satkhira, Jashore, Narail and Lalmonirhat districts, and they had entered India at different times.
Bangladesh Border Guard鈥檚 56 Battalion commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Sheikh Mohammad Badruddoza said that local people spotted them and took them to the Harivasha Union Parishad office.
Upon receiving information, the BGB detained them and later handed them over to Panchagarh Sadar police, he added.
Panchagarh Sadar police station officer-in-charge Abdullah Hil Zaman said that efforts were underway to confirm their identities, while steps were being taken through the administration to ensure their safe shelter.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Lalmonirhat reported that the BSF also pushed nine individuals, including two children and three women, into Bangladesh through the Burimari border under Patgram in Lalmonirhat.
A BGB patrol team detained them from the Machirbari area of Burimari Union and later handed them over to the police.
According to the BGB, they were from Narail and had been living in India for around 10 years.
Patgram police station OC Mizanur Rahman said that the detainees, now in police custody, would be handed over to their relatives after verification.
Dinajpur BGB-42 Battalion in a press release on Wednesday said that the BSF pushed eight people, including five women, two children and a man, into Bangladesh through the Fakirganj border in Thakurgaon.
The group, from Jashore, Jamalpur and Netrokona districts, had gone to India in search of jobs.
The release said that a flag meeting was held with the BSF to protest against the push-ins.
The detainees were handed over to the police for taking necessary steps, it added.
