The Border Security Force of India on Saturday pushed 20 more people into Bangladesh through two border points in Moulvibazar and Kusthia districts.
As a result, the number of people pushed into Bangladesh by the BSF and the Indian Navy since May 7 has increased to at least 1,221, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh.
Of the 20 people pushed into Bangladesh on Saturday, 11 were pushed into the country through a border point in Moulvibazar, and nine through a border point in Kusthia, according to the BGB headquarters data.
The BGB said that they have detained 1,143 people, pushed into Bangladesh by India since May 7, and the Bangladesh Coast Guard said that they on May 9 detained 78 people pushed into the country by the BSF and the Indian Navy through the Mandarbaria area under the Satkhira range of the Sunderbans鈥� west forest zone.
Of the 1,143 people detained by the BGB, 132 were pushed into Bangladesh through Khagrachari, 115 through Sylhet, 380 through Moulvibazar, 41 through Habiganj, 16 through Sunamganj, 13 through Cumilla, 52 through Feni, 93 through Kurigram, 85 through Lalmonirhat, 19 through Thakurgaon, 32 through Panchagrah, 15 through Dinajpur, 17 through Chapainawabganj, 19 through Chuadanga, 30 through Meherpur, 52 through Jhenaidah, 23 through Satkhira and nine through Kusthia, the BGB data showed.
India鈥檚 BSF and Navy have begun pushing people, including Indians and Rohingyas, into Bangladesh since May 7.
According to Bangladesh authorities, Bangladesh has 4,156 kilometres of border with India, of which some 180 kilometres fall on different water bodies and 79 kilometres on the Sundarbans.
