24 Bangladeshis return home after serving 2 years in Indian jail
Benapole Immigration Police officer-in-charge Imtiaz Ahsanul Kader Bhuiya said they went to India without valid documents two years ago in search of jobs with the help of local brokers
Twenty-four Bangladeshis, including 11 women, have returned home through the Benapole checkpost after serving two years in jail in India.
They were handed over to Bangladesh immigration authorities at Benapole on Wednesday night.
Police said they are all residents of different parts of Narail, Chattogram, Thakurgaon, Cumilla, Gopalganj, Tangail, Cox's Bazar, and Patuakhali districts.
Benapole Immigration Police Officer-in-Charge Imtiaz Ahsanul Kader Bhuiya said that they went to India without valid documents two years ago in search of jobs with the help of local brokers.
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Kolkata police arrested them and a court sentenced them to two years of imprisonment each for trespassing into the country.
After the end of the jail term, Indian police handed them over to Benapole checkpost immigration police at night.
Benapole police later handed them over to a representative of a human rights organisation in Jashore to send them back to their respective families.
