BSF hands over 4 Bangladeshi nationals to BGB

New Delhi: Four Bangladeshi nationals, including two women, were apprehended and handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by Border Security Force as a humanity and goodwill gesture after they entered the Indian territory in search of the employment.

The BSF personnel of 68 Battalion apprehended these four Bangladeshi nationals near Border Out Post Ranghat at about 3.40 PM on Friday, when they were illegally crossing International Boundary (IB) in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

They were identified as Tjiul Sardar (37), and his wife Naseema Begum (31) of Bangladesh's Satkhira district; whereas the other two people Shahenur Begum (35) and Naeem Hussain (23) were citizens of Bangladesh's Khulna and Kerniganj respectively.

"They are Bangladeshi citizens, but due to unemployment, their family was finding difficulties in the sustenance of livelihood, due to which all of them were coming to India for employment," said BSF officials quoting the apprehended foreign nationals.

"But the BSF troops apprehended them while they were illegally crossing the IB," said the BSF.

The BSF is mandated to guard the 4,096.7 km India-Bangladesh border and 3,323 km of the Indo-Pakistan border.

"The apprehended individuals have been handed over by the BSF to Border Guard Bangladesh as a gesture of goodwill and humanity," said Pranab Prabhakar, Officiating Commanding Officer of the 68th Battalion, adding that the BSF is taking strict measures to prevent infiltration along the Indo-Bangladesh border, due to which some people were caught.

"Considering the seriousness of the crime of the arrested people and due to mutual cooperation and goodwill of the Border Guarding Forces of both the countries, some of them are handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh," he added further. (ANI)