24 Bangladeshis return home after serving 2 years in Indian jail

Twenty-four Bangladeshis, including 11 women, have  returned home through Benapole check post after serving two years in jail in India.

They were handed over to Bangladesh immigration authorities at Benapole on Wednesday night.

They all hail from different parts of Narail, Chattogram, Thakurgaon, Cumilla, Gopalganj, Tangail, Cox’s Bazar and Patuakhali districts, police said on Thursday.

Benapole Immigration Police officer in-charge Imtiaz Ahsanul Kader Bhuiya, said they went to India without valid documents in search of jobs with the help of local brokers two years back.

Kolkata police arrested them and a court sentenced them to two years imprisonment each for trespassing into the country.

After the end of the jail term, Indian police handed them over to Benapole check post 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.